Home Fires Burning

Home Fires Burning

PG 1989 · 128 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, TV Movie

When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.

Directed by Glenn Jordan · Written by Robert Inman

Your Rating

Cast

Barnard Hughes Jake Tibbetts
Sada Thompson Pastine Tibbettes
Robert Prosky Rosh Benefield
Bill Pullman Lt. Henry Tibbettes
Elizabeth Berridge Francine Tibbettes
Neil Patrick Harris Lonnie Tibbettes
Brad Sullivan Fog Martin
William Duell Whit Hennessy
Dan Biggers Tunstall Renfroe
Warde Q. Butler Biscuit Brunson
Wallace Wilkinson Hilton Redlinger
Ric Reitz Lt. Whalen

Make it a double feature

6h 18m together

Home Fires Burning

Echoes in the Darkness

Both from Glenn Jordan.

More from Glenn JordanSee all →

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost · 1971

MovieDramaTV Movie

Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadway in 1935, it became one of the Group Theatre's most controversial plays and Odets' favorite.

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin · 1974

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin is a 1974 American television miniseries that chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin. It was broadcast by CBS. It won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series.

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame · 1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

Sunshine Christmas

Sunshine Christmas · 1977

Sunshine Christmas

MovieDramaTV Movie

A musician, brooding over the marriage of his sometime girlfriend, decides to take his adopted daughter to his home in Texas to celebrate Christmas with his family. While there, he begins to rekindle the relationship he once had with his childhood girlfriend.

Particular Men

Particular Men · 1972

MovieTV MovieDrama

A fictitious but powerful look at the dawn of the nuclear age, this stage performance follows several government scientists as they develop the atomic bomb, grapple with the morality of their work, and confront major problems with their superiors. Written by award-winning playwright Loring Mandel, this riveting production stars Stacy Keach, Alice Drummond, Lois Smith, Clifton James and Verna Bloom.

Echoes in the Darkness

Echoes in the Darkness · 1987

Echoes in the Darkness

MovieDramaTV Movie

Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s, this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania, a case that lasted seven years

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End · 1999

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

MovieDramaFamily

The third installment of the Sarah trilogy provides a glorious and touching story of a family drawn together by adversity. On a cold winter day a stranger shows up at the farm. He is slow to reveal his identity. When they find out he is Jacobs father, John Witting, thought long ago dead, hard questions about the past are difficult to get answered.

One of My Wives Is Missing

One of My Wives Is Missing · 1976

One of My Wives Is Missing

MovieThrillerMystery

Vacationing in a small town, a frantic Daniel Corban shows up at the local police station, declaring that his wife has disappeared. Corban imperiously demands that the easygoing police inspector drop everything and find his missing spouse. Within a few days, a woman claiming to be his wife shows up, but Corban insists that he's never met the woman before.

To Dance with the White Dog

To Dance with the White Dog · 1993

To Dance with the White Dog

MovieDramaTV Movie

When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.

Family

The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.

Les Misérables

Les Misérables · 1978

Les Misérables

MovieDramaHistory

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Friends

Friends · 1979

Friends is a short-lived kids-oriented drama that aired in the spring of 1979. The series, which was produced by Aaron Spelling and aired on ABC, starred Charlie Aiken, Jill Whelan, and Jarrod Johnson as three Southern Californian 11-year-olds. Karen Morrow also appeared. Only five one-hour episodes were produced before the series was cancelled.

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire · 1995

A Streetcar Named Desire

MovieDramaTV Movie

A fading Southern Belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious brother-in-law takes stabs at her sanity.

Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate · 1993

Barbarians at the Gate

MovieComedyDrama

F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumours.

Mary & Tim

Mary & Tim · 1996

MovieDramaRomance

Another adaptation of the novel "Tim", about the love that develops between a mentally challenged young man and the older, lonely widow who takes him under her wing.

Challenger

Challenger · 1990

MovieDramaTV Movie

A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the use of the o-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion.

More Like This

Casablanca

Casablanca · 1943

MovieDramaRomance

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel · 1930

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

Lord Jim

Lord Jim · 1965

MovieAdventureDrama

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter