
Friendly Fire
In war, the only thing worse than death is not knowing the truth.
Drama War TV Movie
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.
Director David Greene
Cast

Ned Beatty
Gene Mullen

Dan Shor
Prince

Jack Rader
Sgt. Fitzgerald

Jerry Hardin

Dennis Erdman
Michael E. Mullen

Timothy Hutton
John Mullen

Joseph G. Medalis

Norman Bartold

Steve Bonino
Cactus

Mark L. Taylor
Capt. Bannock

Jorge Cervera Jr.

Warren Munson

Hilly Hicks
Willis Huddleston

David Keith
Leroy Hamilton

Charles Cyphers
Tom Loomis

Sierra Pecheur
Mrs. Hamilton

Sam Waterston
C.D.B. Bryan

Wyatt Knight
(uncredited)

Demetre Phillips
(uncredited)

Carol Burnett
Peg Mullen

William Jordan
Col. Byron Schindler

Ford Rainey
Mr. Hamilton

Sherry Hursey
Patricia Mullen

Kevin Hooks
Polk

Bernard Behrens
Dietrich

Vernon Weddle
Col. Georgi

John Hillner

Macon McCalman

Phillip R. Allen
Ralph Jenner

Nicolas Coster
Carl

William Bogert