C6500 COMING HOME (USA, 1978) (Other titles: Hemkomsten; Navrat domiu; Regreso; Retour; Tornado a casa)

Credits: director, Hal Ashby ; writers, Waldo Salt, Robert Jones. Cast: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty. Summary: Melodrama set in San Diego in 1968. A poignant love story set against the social upheaval of the Vietnam war. Sally Hyde (Fonda) is the wife of a Marine Corps captain (Dern). While he is serving in Vietnam, Sally does volunteer work at a local veterans’ hospital. There she meets and falls in love with paraplegic Luke Martin (Voight).

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