Hail, Hero!
The generation gap is more than just long hair, loud music, or a misunderstanding of ideals between father and son. It is a void from which a new force must emerge, a new hero!
1969 · 1h 40m · M Drama
Overview
Carl Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention to use love, rather than bullets, to combat the Viet Cong. Needless to say, his idealism is no match for the harsher realities of war.
Director and cast
- Arthur Kennedy as Albert Dixon
- Teresa Wright as Santha Dixon
- Michael Douglas as Carl Dixon
- John Larch as Mr. Conklin
- Louise Latham as Miss Mirabel
- Charles Drake as Senator Murchiston
- Peter Strauss as Frank Dixon
- Deborah Winters as Rebecca
- Mercer Harris as Jimmy
- Virginia Christine as Eleanor Murchiston
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