starring
Nick Nolte
Tuesday
Weld Michael Moriarty
Overwhelmed by the senseless carnage of the Vietnam War, correspondent John Converse decides to register his horror by means of a desperate act.
He draws his naval buddy Ray Hicks and his wife Marge into a scheme to ship a large consignment of heroin to the United States. The plan backfires and Converse finds that the violence of Vietnam has been destructively brought home.
Screenplay by JUDITH RASCOE and ROBERT STONE Based on the novel Dog Soldiers by ROBERT STONE Produced by HERB JAFFE and GABRIEL KATZKA Directed by KAREL REISZ
(First showing on British television)
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