Release Date: 1989-09-15
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.6 / 10
Bruce Willis
as Emmett Smith
Emily Lloyd
as Samantha Hughes
Joan Allen
as Irene
Kevin Anderson
as Lonnie
John Terry
as Tom
Frank Pierson - Screenplay
Norman Jewison - Director
James Horner - Original Music Composer
James Horner - Conductor
Russell Boyd - Director of Photography
***Low-key drama about Vietnam survivors and the teen daughter of one who died in the war*** A 17 year-old girl from western Kentucky (Emily Lloyd) lives with her Vietnam vet uncle (Bruce Willis) w...