Coming Home

Coming Home

A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!

R 1978 · 127 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Romance, War

In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

Directed by Hal Ashby · Written by Nancy Dowd

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