

Three strangers, one shared hell — the war they wait for at home.
A ride to the airport unites three women whose husbands are either prisoners or missing in Vietnam.
Acting
Kate Jackson's restrained grief hits harder than any scream.
Direction
Robson lets silence do the screaming.

Director
Mark Robson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released while Nixon was still bombing Cambodia, this was one of Hollywood's rare Vietnam films focused entirely on the home front.
Mark Robson died just three years later; this was his final feature before heart failure ended a career spanning From Here to Eternity to Peyton Place.