Intimate Strangers

Intimate Strangers

1986 · 100 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, TV Movie

A Vietnam War nurse, who was captured by the enemy and held prisoner of war for many years, escapes her captors and finds her way back to America. Upon returning to the States, she must cope with her readjustment to post-war society, POW nightmares and her husband's new wife.

Directed by Robert Ellis Miller

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