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1 videodisc (2 hr., 31 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Fresh out of Officer's Candidate School, Philip Caputo is anxious to get his first taste of combat. When he is finally assigned to the front lines he does not encounter the glorious war he had imagined. He finds, instead, sickening brutality of men killing men. After his platoon is decimated, Lt. Caputo strikes back. His eagerness costs the lives of two Vietnamese civilians, and in the midst of the bloody and senseless war, Caputo is charged with murder.
produced by David Manson ; teleplay by John Sacret Young ; directed by Richard T. Heffron ; a Dick Berg-Stone Henge Production in association with Charles Fries Productions ; a Hemdale presentation of a production for Monday Films.
Based on the autobiographical novel by Philip Caputo.
Originally produced for television in 1980.
Brad Davis, Keith Carradine, Michael O'Keefe, Steve Forrest, Brian Dennehy.
Executive producers, Charles Fries, Dick Berg ; producer, David Manson ; director, Richard T. Heffron ; writer, John Sacret Young.