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18/11/1969 Drama, TV Movie 1h 14m
60
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Overview

Returning Vietnam veteran Andy Crocker arrives in his small hometown to discover his best friend and business partner has mismanaged their business into bankruptcy and his high school sweetheart has married another man. It is evident his small town has little to offer him except the hard-working life of his father, while the broader world has limited opportunities for a man who left school after the third grade.

  1. George McCowan

    Director

  2. Stuart Margolin

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Lee Majors

    Andy Crocker

  2. Joey Heatherton

    Lisa

  3. Jimmy Dean

    Mack

  4. Bobby Hatfield

    Joe Bob

  5. Marvin Gaye

    David Owens

  6. Agnes Moorehead

    Lisa's Mother

  7. Pat Hingle

    Earl Crocker

  8. Jill Haworth

    Karen

  9. Mimi Dillard

    Sara

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2018-12-05
***Lee Majors coming home from Vietnam almost ten years before “Coming Home” (the movie)***

Released to TV in 1969, “The Ballad of Andy Crocker” is presumably the first movie to tackle the topic of a Vietnam vet coming home from the war, which didn’t become popular until almost a decade later with films like “Coming Home” (1978).

Lee majors stars as the title character, right after his successes in Charlton Heston’s “Will Penny” (1967) and, of course, The Big Valley. Unfortunately, this flick’s nowhere near as good as “Coming Home.” It’s a sad sack drama highl...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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