Synopsis
Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Samantha becomes obsessed with finding out about her father.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes68%
59 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank PiersonScreenplay
- Norman JewisonDirector
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Cynthia CidreScreenplay
Cast
- Bruce WillisEmmett Smith
- Emily LloydSamantha Hughes
- Joan AllenIrene
- Kevin AndersonLonnie
- John TerryTom
- Peggy ReaMamaw
- Judith IveyAnita
- Richard HamiltonGrampaw
- Stephen TobolowskyPete
- Jim BeaverEarl Smith
- Daniel H. JenkinsDwayne Hughes
- Patricia RichardsonCindy
Stills
Themes
vietnam veteranpost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)based on novel or bookkentucky