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Jane Fonda | ... | ||
Jon Voight | ... | ||
Bruce Dern | ... | ||
Penelope Milford | ... | ||
Robert Carradine | ... |
Bill Munson
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Robert Ginty | ... |
Sgt. Dink Mobley
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Mary Gregory | ... |
Martha Vickery
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Kathleen Miller | ... |
Kathy Delise
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Beeson Carroll | ... |
Capt. Earl Delise
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Willie Tyler | ... |
Virgil
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Louis Carello | ... |
Bozo
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Charles Cyphers | ... |
Pee Wee
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Olivia Cole | ... |
Corrine
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Tresa Hughes | ... |
Nurse Degroot
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Bruce French | ... |
Dr. Lincoln
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Sally Bender is the wife of a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. He is sent over to Vietnam, and Sally is alone. With nothing else to do, she decides to volunteer at a local veteran's hospital, where she meets Luke, who went to high school with Sally. Luke was wounded and is paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. When Sally begins to fall in love with Luke, she has to make a crucial decision about her life. Written by Anonymous
"Coming Home" was the first Vietnam War movie that dealt with the soldiers' plight sympathetically. Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) is volunteering at the Veterans' Hospital in Los Angeles while her husband Bob (Bruce Dern) serves in Vietnam. In the process of working in the hospital, Sally sees how the hospital is unprepared to treat the people who are coming back from the war. When paraplegic veteran Luke Martin (Jon Voight) demands better treatment, rather than listen to him, they tranquilize him so that they won't have to deal with him. Over time, Sally and Luke fall in love. When Bob returns from Vietnam, he is completely damaged emotionally. The final scene shows the overall state of the world as a result of the Vietnam War.
Whenever I hear the Rolling Stones' song "Out of Time", it reminds me of "Coming Home". One thing that you get to see in the movie is how, when Sally and Bob are having sex, she is clearly not enjoying it; when Sally and Luke are having sex, she clearly is enjoying it. Fonda and Voight won well-deserved Oscars for their roles, and if you ask me, the movie should have won Best Picture. A solid masterpiece.