Coming Home

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

Feb 15 1978 R 2h 7m
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.

Plot

Sally Bender is the wife of a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is sent over to Vietnam, and Sally is alone. With nothing else to do, she decides to volunteer at a local veteran's hospital, where she meets Luke, who went to high school with Sally. Luke was wounded and is paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. When Sally begins to fall in love with Luke, she has to make a crucial decision about her life.

Written by

Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones, Nancy Dowd

Directed by

Hal Ashby

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Jayne Productions Inc, Jerome Hellman Productions, United Artists

Languages

English

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 14 wins & 16 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
15,708
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
61
Popularity
NA