Characters & Themes
Fly Away Home (1981) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1981 · 100 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Paul Krasny
- Starring
- Brian Dennehy, Bruce Boxleitner, Laura Johnson, Michael Alldredge, Louis Giambalvo, Michael O'Hare
An ambitious pilot is set for a series about a combat cameraman in Vietnam. Carl Danton arrives in Saigon on assignment as the 1968 Tet offensive begins, reporting to a cynical bureau chief. He becomes involved with a Vietnamese doctor whose brother leads the Viet Cong and whose influential parents are tied to high‑level corruption.
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