Fly Away Home

• Director: Paul Krasny
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• Genre: War
• Movie Type: War Drama
• Release Year: 1981
• Country: US
• Run Time: 97 minutes

Plot

The made-for-TV Fly Away Home was intended as the pilot for a weekly series. Bruce Boxleitner stars as Carl Danton, a combat photographer assigned to Vietnam. This time around, Danton is compelled to cover the Tet Offensive--and to battle with bureaucratic red tape in order to maintain his journalistic integrity. A subplot concerns internal corruption involving an otherwise respectable Vietnamese family. Featured in the cast as Denton's Vietnamese lady friend Mai is Tiana Alexandra, the wife of the film's producer/screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Fly Away Home first aired September 18, 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Tiana Alexandra; Michael Beck; Bruce Boxleitner; Randy Brooks; Olivia Cole; Brian Dennehy; Louis Giambalvo; Wayne Heffley; Laura Johnson; Keye Luke; Lynne Moody; Edward Winter

Credit

George B. Chan - Art Director, Donfeld - Costume Designer, Paul Krasny - Director, Donald R. Rode - Editor, Lee Holdridge - Composer (Music Score), Stirling Silliphant - Composer (Music Score), John Stewart - Composer (Music Score), Isidore Mankofsky - Cinematographer, Stirling Silliphant - Producer, John Stewart - Singer, Stirling Silliphant - Screenwriter