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The Long Journey Home

  • TV Movie
  • 1987
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
59
YOUR RATING
The Long Journey Home (1987)
Drama

A woman who believes that her husband was killed in Vietnam is about to remarry when her husband returns. And it appears that he has been a mercenary or working for the intelligence communit... Read allA woman who believes that her husband was killed in Vietnam is about to remarry when her husband returns. And it appears that he has been a mercenary or working for the intelligence community and someone whom he crossed wants him dead. So, he and his wife are making preparations ... Read allA woman who believes that her husband was killed in Vietnam is about to remarry when her husband returns. And it appears that he has been a mercenary or working for the intelligence community and someone whom he crossed wants him dead. So, he and his wife are making preparations to leave, but it also appears that he is hiding something else from her.

  • Director
    • Rod Holcomb
  • Writer
    • Karen Clark
  • Stars
    • Meredith Baxter
    • David Birney
    • Ray Baker
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    59
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rod Holcomb
    • Writer
      • Karen Clark
    • Stars
      • Meredith Baxter
      • David Birney
      • Ray Baker
    • 1User review
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    Meredith Baxter
    Meredith Baxter
    • Maura Wells
    • (as Meredith Baxter Birney)
    David Birney
    David Birney
    • Carter Wells
    Ray Baker
    Ray Baker
    • Grey Harrison
    James Sutorius
    James Sutorius
    • Mike Cadell
    Daphne Reid
    Daphne Reid
    • Joan Haines
    • (as Daphne Maxwell)
    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    • Harland Everett
    Michael Preston
    Michael Preston
    • Frank Mota
    • (as Mike Preston)
    Meg Gibson
    Meg Gibson
    • Katherine Bolton
    • (as Margaret Gibson)
    Peggy Walton-Walker
    Peggy Walton-Walker
    • Diane
    Bob Mendelsohn
    • Jeff Marsh
    Robert Glaudini
    Robert Glaudini
    • Ray Sullivan
    Sylvia Webb White
    • MIA Wife #1
    Bairbre Dowling
    • MIA Wife #2
    Lori Caldwell
    • Bank Exective
    Dale Tarter
    • Bartender
    Steven Dart
    • Pilot
    • (as Steve Dart)
    Sharon Clark
    • Policewoman
    George Cheung
    George Cheung
    • Mugger
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Rod Holcomb
    • Writer
      • Karen Clark
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    7searchanddestroy-1

    Why not?

    That's a weird kind of Tv movie, beginning like a family drama destined to housewives, showing a business woman speaking of getting married. Then five or ten minutes later, we see this woman facing her lost husband, supposed to having been killed in Nam, getting home and being under fire in an undergroung parking lot...THat doesn't make it a bad or lousy piece of work, but the mix up between the two paces in the storyline surprised me quite a bit. It remains after all a suspense romance thriller flick. Nor best or worse than another one TV film from this late eighties, early nineties period. Predictable moments galore. Good ending though.

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    • Release date
      • November 29, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bloody Home
    • Production companies
      • Andrea Baynes Productions
      • Grail Productions
      • Lorimar Telepictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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