Friendly Fire (1979)
- Starring:
- Carol Burnett, Ned Beatty, (more)
- Director(s):
- David Greene
Synopsis of Friendly Fire
The Emmy-winning TV movie Friendly Fire was adapted by Fay Kanin from the fact-based book by C.D.B. Bryan. Carol Burnett and Ned Beatty play Peg and Gene Mullen, the parents of a young soldier who is killed in Vietnam. Dissatisfied with the "official" version of their son's death, Peg and Gene conduct a soul-wrenching investigation of their own. Only after months of military stonewalling does the truth come out: their son was accidentally killed by "friendly fire" from American artillery. This revelation leads to Peg Mullen's full-scale embracing of the anti-war movement. Even allowing for the grimness of the story, Carol Burnett's taciturn performance wears on the viewer after a while (one wonders if Peg Mullen ever smiled before her son died). Far better within the framework of the film is the superbly detailed performance of Ned Beatty as Gene. Friendly Fire was originally offered on April 22, 1979, as an ABC Theatre presentation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Friendly Fire
- Carol Burnett - Peg Mullen
- Sam Waterston - C.D. Bryan
- Timothy Hutton - John Mullen
- Sherry Hursey - Mary Mullen
- Vernon Weddle - Col. Georgi
- Nicolas Coster - Carl
- Steve Bonino - Prince
- Robert Wahler - Alan Hulting
- Howard Culver - Newscaster
- Hilly Hicks - Willis Huddleston
- Charles Cyphers - Tom Loomis
- Sierra Pecheur - Mrs. Hamilton
- Ned Beatty - Gene Mullen
- Dennis Erdman - Michael Mullen
- Phillip Richard Allen - Ralph Jenner
- Fanny Spies - Pat Mullen
- Jenny Sullivan - Mrs. Bryan
- David Keith - Young Hamilton
- Mark L. Taylor - Capt. Bannock
- Michael Flanagan - Father Shimon
- William Jordan - Col. Byron Schindler
- Bernard Behrens - Dietrich
- Jack Rader - Sgt. Fitzgerald
- Ford Rainey - Hamilton
- Director(s):
- David Greene
- Writer(s):
- Fay Kanin
- Producer(s):
- Philip Barry Jr., Fay Kanin
- 1979 - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special
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