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China Beach

  • TV Series
  • 1988–19911988–1991
  • 2h
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China Beach (1988)
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The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.
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    • John Sacret Young
    • William Broyles Jr.
  • Stars
    • Dana Delany
    • Marg Helgenberger
    • Brian Wimmer
    • John Sacret Young
    • William Broyles Jr.
  • Stars
    • Dana Delany
    • Marg Helgenberger
    • Brian Wimmer
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    • 29User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Won 5 Primetime Emmys

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    Robert Picardo, Dana Delany, and Megan Gallagher in China Beach (1988)
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    Dana Delany
    Dana Delany
    • Colleen McMurphy
    Marg Helgenberger
    Marg Helgenberger
    • K.C. Kolowski
    Brian Wimmer
    Brian Wimmer
    • Cpl. Boonie Lanier
    Oliver Theess
    • The Soldier…
    Michael Boatman
    Michael Boatman
    • Pvt. Samuel Beckett
    Robert Picardo
    Robert Picardo
    • Dr. Dick Richard
    Concetta Tomei
    Concetta Tomei
    • Maj. Lila Garreau
    Jeff Kober
    Jeff Kober
    • Sgt. Evan 'Dodger' Winslow
    Nancy Giles
    • Pvt. Frankie Bunsen
    Troy Evans
    Troy Evans
    • Sgt. Pepper…
    Megan Gallagher
    Megan Gallagher
    • Wayloo Marie Holmes…
    Michael J Henderson
    Michael J Henderson
    • Beetle
    Nan Woods
    Nan Woods
    • Cherry White
    Marcia Magus
    • Nurse Jody Kass
    Ned Vaughn
    Ned Vaughn
    • Jeff Hyers…
    Ricki Lake
    Ricki Lake
    • Holly Pelegrino
    Elizabeth Lindsey
    Elizabeth Lindsey
    • Mai…
    Tim Ryan
    Tim Ryan
    • Capt. Natch Austin…
      • John Sacret Young
      • William Broyles Jr.
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Troy Evans (Sergeant Pepper) was a Vietnam veteran. During a reunion on Good Morning America, he stated the show gave him a sense of closure.
    • Goofs
      McMurphy's pilot boyfriend is a Captain (wearing two silver bars on each shoulder) and has Command Pilot wings on his flight suit name tag (pilot's wings with a star surrounded by a wreath). To earn Command Pilot wings you have to be a rated pilot for 15 years and have 3,000 hours of flight time. No pilot in the USAF would be a rated pilot for 15 years and amass 3,000 flying hours and still be a Captain. Besides, assuming he graduated college at age 22 and flight training at 23, and then flew for 15 years he would be 38 years old. Clearly he isn't that old. [See Wikipedia article on "U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating" for rating criteria]
    • Quotes

      Colleen McMurphy: Sex is a bad word, but it feels good. Love is a good word, but it hurts.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Reflections
      (Theme)

      Written by Brian Holland / Lamont Dozier / Eddie Holland

      Recorded by Diana Ross & The Supremes

    User reviews29

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    One of the all time great series!
    I haven't seen the series since it first was on ABC. I tried to watch every week and was angry when they canceled it, because it was a great series.I recently purchased a copy of the pilot episode on VHS tape (China Beach)and once again was reminded how well the series was put together. Like many others I want to own all of the series on DVD and hope that chance will come. Dana Delany was outstanding in this role and touches the heart. Through her you see what it is like to see young men dying or dealing with terrible, life altering injuries and how hopeless she feels when she can not save them. Yet she knows the important part she plays to those dying boys as the voice and touch that represents the mothers, wives, lovers, and sisters of those who are dying far from home. They are not dying alone when she is there. Others in the cast are outstanding as well. The Gal that played Cherry the donut girl, and the back up singer turned lead, when the pretty one can't stay well enough to sing. She came to meet the boys-a-rama ,but soon was doing much more to touch the hearts of those at war. This is not a drama about the fighting in the field, but about the nurses and doctors in the field and the soldiers that go through their hospital. This is not Mash in Vietnam! This is a serious drama that will have you crying for all those dead and wounded soldiers wasted on battlefields around the other side of the world fighting an unpopular war. Each deals with the stress in their own way, but you can not watch this series without it touching you deeply and emotionally. If you lived during the Vietnam years then this will bring back the emotions of those times. If for no other reason this series should be put on DVD to honor the nurses, Doctors, entertainers, and donut girls that tried to bring a touch of home to the troops in Vietnam. To those who were wounded and survived and the many who did not this series should be available and remembered. Tour of Duty also should be on DVD and is excellent companion piece to show what the fighting grunts on the ground went through. Tour of duty is scheduled to be released on DVD this summer. Now Give us China Beach!
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    • Release date
      • April 26, 1988 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Indian Dunes - 28700 Henry Mayo Drive, Valencia, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Sacret
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • 2 hours
      • Color
      • Stereo

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