In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.
Not for laughs, warmth or comfort.
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Carol BurnettPeg Mullen
Ned BeattyGene Mullen
Dennis ErdmanMichael E. Mullen
Sherry HurseyPatricia Mullen
Timothy HuttonJohn Mullen
Steve BoninoCactus
Hilly HicksWillis Huddleston
Kevin HooksPolk
David KeithLeroy Hamilton
Dan ShorPrince
Mark L. TaylorCapt. Bannock
Bernard BehrensDietrich
William JordanCol. Byron Schindler
Jack RaderSgt. Fitzgerald
Vernon WeddleCol. Georgi
Phillip R. AllenRalph Jenner
Nicolas CosterCarl
Charles CyphersTom Loomis
Sierra PecheurMrs. Hamilton
Ford RaineyMr. Hamilton
Sam WaterstonC.D.B. Bryan
Wyatt Knight(uncredited)
Demetre Phillips(uncredited)Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
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GoodWatch score 87November 9, 1980 · 2 h 27 min · NR
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In the United States, Friendly Fire streams on Prime, fuboTV, and Shout! Factory, and it is free with ads on Plex, The Roku, Shout! Factory TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fawesome, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. You can rent or buy it from YouTube. It also streams in 1 other country.
Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71 (IMDb 7.2).
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 3 for hopefulness.
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