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.
Carol Burnett
as Peg Mullen
Ned Beatty
as Gene Mullen
Dennis Erdman
as Michael E. Mullen
Sherry Hursey
as Patricia Mullen
Timothy Hutton
as John Mullen
Fanny Spiess
as Mary Mullen
Steve Bonino
as Cactus
Henry Brown
as
Cosie Costa
as
Hilly Hicks
as Willis Huddleston
John Hillner
as
Kevin Hooks
as Polk
