He survived Vietnam. His family didn't survive him coming home.
A Marine officer reported as killed in Vietnam, but who was actually a POW, returns home. Instead of being welcomed home, however, he discovers that his father has died, his wife has remarried, his daughter has been adopted, his business has been sold, and his life has completely changed.
Acting
Dennis Weaver's hollow stillness — a man becoming a ghost twice.
Writing
No easy villains, just systemic cruelty wearing polite faces.
Director
Walter Grauman
Dennis Weaver
Lt. Joe Hardy
Lois Nettleton
Anne Wilson
Anne Francis
Marie Hardy Forrest
Andrew Duggan
William Forrest
Percy Rodriguez
Capt. Jackson
Pamelyn Ferdin
Sharon Hardy
James Hong
Maj. Thon
Frank Maxwell
Col. Thompson
Carl Reindel
Lt. Diamonte
John S. Ragin
Maj. Parkman
Vernon Weddle
Surgeon
Bob Harks
Interne (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired during peak Vietnam POW anxiety — families literally watched hoping to recognize missing faces. Networks received letters asking if 'Lt. Hardy' was based on real MIA soldiers.
Dennis Weaver took a 75% pay cut from his McCloud salary to do this, calling it 'the most important work of my career.' He wasn't wrong.
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