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At the height of an unnamed war (presumably Vietnam), the Brooks family finds its tranquil dinner interrupted by news that their golden boy son, Andy (Richard Backus), has died in combat. The father, Charles (John Marley), finds the blow harder to bear when his wife, Christine (Lynn Carlin), immediately slips into a denial bordering on insanity and pleads for her son’s return. Much to everyone’s surprise, Andy shortly turns up on the doorstep in his uniform, looking quite alive but apparently shell shocked. Read More »

