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Adapted from Neil Sheehan's 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, this $14-million TV docudrama, re-creating the Vietnam War with convincing combat footage, was the most expensive two-hour movie ever produced by HBO Pictures. Read More
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John Paul Vann
Mary Jane Vann
Steven Burnett
Doug Elders
Gen Wm. Westmoreland
Capt. Frank Drummond
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Gen. Fred Weyland
Gen. Paul Harkins
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