Carl Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention to use love, rather than bullets, to combat the Viet Cong. Needless to say, his idealism is no match for the harsher realities of war.
Arthur Kennedy
as Albert Dixon
Teresa Wright
as Santha Dixon
Michael Douglas
as Carl Dixon
John Larch
as Mr. Conklin
Louise Latham
as Miss Mirabel
Charles Drake
as Senator Murchiston
Peter Strauss
as Frank Dixon
Deborah Winters
as Rebecca
Mercer Harris
as Jimmy
Virginia Christine
as Eleanor Murchiston
Mario Alcalde
as Congressman Arcado
Amy Stuart
as Rhetha
