

A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!
In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Jane FondaSally Hyde
- Jon VoightLuke Martin
- Bruce DernCapt. Bob Hyde
- Penelope MilfordVi Munson
- Robert CarradineBill Munson
- Robert GintySgt. Dink Mobley
- Mary GregoryMartha Vickery
- Kathleen MillerKathy Delise
- Beeson CarrollCapt. Earl Delise
- Willie TylerVirgil
Crew
- Hal AshbyDirector
- Waldo SaltScreenplay
- Robert C. JonesScreenplay
- Haskell WexlerDirector of Photography
- Don ZimmermanEditor
- Jerome HellmanProducer
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