Friendly Fire (1980)
November 9, 1980Release Date
Friendly Fire (1980)
November 9, 1980Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Carol Burnett
Peg Mullen
Ned Beatty
Gene Mullen
Dennis Erdman
Michael E. Mullen
Sherry Hursey
Patricia Mullen
David Greene
Director
Timothy Hutton
John Mullen
Fanny Spiess
Mary Mullen
Steve Bonino
Cactus
Henry Brown
Actor
Cosie Costa
Actor
Hilly Hicks
Willis Huddleston
David Greene
Director
Kevin Hooks
Polk
C.D.B. Bryan
Writer
David Keith
Leroy Hamilton
Fay Kanin
Writer
Philip Barry Jr.
Producer
Dan Shor
Prince
Mark L. Taylor
Capt. Bannock
Leonard Rosenman
Composer
Bernard Behrens
Dietrich
Harry J. May
Cinematographer
Michael Economou
Editor
Jane Feinberg
CastingDirector
William Jordan
Col. Byron Schindler
Mike Fenton
CastingDirector
Jack Rader
Sgt. Fitzgerald
Vernon Weddle
Col. Georgi
Phillip R. Allen
Ralph Jenner
Nicolas Coster
Carl
Charles Cyphers
Tom Loomis
Sierra Pecheur
Mrs. Hamilton
Ford Rainey
Mr. Hamilton
Jenny Sullivan
Mrs. Bryan
Robert Wahler
Alan Hulting
Sam Waterston
C.D.B. Bryan
Michael Flanagan
Father Shimon
Wyatt Knight
(uncredited)
Frank Bruno
(uncredited)
Lawrence G. Paull
Art Direction
Martin Starger
Executive Producer
Ric Rondell
First Assistant Director
Mack Bing
Unit Production Manager
Richard L. O'Connor
Executive In Charge Of Production
Bill Wistrom
Sound Effects
Ernest Misko
Costume Design
Betty Goldberg
Script Supervisor
Linda Serijan
Costume Design
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor
Kirk Axtell
Art Direction
James Potter
Post Production Supervisor
Chuck Rutherford
Set Decoration
Andrew Gilmore
Sound Mixer
Terry Ballard
Property Master
Monique DeSart
Hairstylist
Kate Tilley
Second Assistant Director
Jeffrey Hamilton
Makeup Artist
John Bosco
Sound Mixer
Annette Gagnon
Costumer
Kathleen Long
Production Coordinator
Thom Anable
First Assistant Director
Warren Munson
Jerry Hardin
Mary Gregory
Details.
Release DateNovember 9, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 27m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Friendly Fire is an American television movie first broadcast on the ABC network on April 22, 1979. Watched that night by an estimated 64 million people, Friendly Fire went on to win four Emmy awards, including Outstanding Drama Special. The film was directed by David Greene.The movie tells the real-life story of Peg Mullen (played by Carol Burnett), a woman from rural Iowa who with her husband works against government obstacles to uncover the actual details and facts about the death of their son Michael, an Army infantry soldier killed by "friendly fire" in February 1970 during the Vietnam War.
Her husband Gene, a World War II veteran, is played by Ned Beatty.
Sergeant Mullen was drafted in September 1968 after he graduated from college and sent to South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal Division) in September 1969. He was listed as a non-battle casualty after being accidentally killed with another soldier from an exploding Army artillery shell burst fragment, while Mullen and most of his platoon were asleep at night on their hilltop position; the government did not report publicly the number of non-battle deaths or their names on its weekly casualty lists during the war.
Friendly Fire is adapted by Fay Kanin from C. D. B. Bryan's 1976 book of the same name. The book was adapted from a series of New Yorker magazine articles Bryan had written about the Mullens and their ordeal.