In 1973, U.S. Air Force Major Charles Rane returns home to San Antonio with U.S. Army Master Sergeant Johnny Vohden and two other soldiers, having spent seven years as a POW in Hanoi. He finds a home very different from the one he left: his son Mark no longer remembers him, and his wife Janet is affianced to local policeman Cliff Nichols despite still having feelings for Rane. Stoically accepting this, Rane focuses his energies on building a fatherly relationship with Mark, but privately self-imposes the same institutionalized regime he maintained while in captivity. At a grand homecoming ceremony, Rane is presented with a Cadillac and 2,555 silver dollars – one for every day he was captive, plus one for luck – by Linda Forchet, a "Texan belle" who wore his ID bracelet every day he was in Vietnam. Linda later makes advances toward him, but Rane has difficulty returning her affections.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Norman T. Herman, Lawrence Gordon |
Directed By: | John Flynn |
Written By: | Heywood Gould, Paul Schrader |
Cast: | Jordan Gerler, Anthony Castillo, Lawrason Driscoll, William Devane, Lisa Blake Richards, Robert K. Guthrie, Jane Abbott, Charles Escamilla, James N. Harrell, Carol Sowa, Randy Hermann, Paul A. Partain, Jacque Burandt, Janet Quist, Cassie Yates, Cheyenne Rivera, Dabney Coleman, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, Luke Askew, Autry Ward, Jerry Brown, Ray Gutierrez, James Best, James Victor, Rudy T. Gonzales, Arturo R. Tamez Jr. |
In Theaters: | Feb 06, 1978 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 35 minutes |
Production: | American International Picture, Lawrence Gordon Productions, TBC Film Presentation |
Available On: | Amazon, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |