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Friendly Fire

Movie·1980·Drama, War, TV Movie·2h 27m·Directed by David Greene

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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.

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Carol BurnettCarol BurnettPeg MullenNed BeattyNed BeattyGene MullenDennis ErdmanDennis ErdmanMichael E. MullenSherry HurseySherry HurseyPatricia MullenTimothy HuttonTimothy HuttonJohn Mullen
Fanny Spiess
Fanny SpiessMary MullenSteve BoninoSteve BoninoCactus
Henry Brown
Henry Brown

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