Fly Away Home
1981, English. Directed by Paul Krasny.
Ambitious pilot to a prospective series revolving around a combat cameraman in Vietnam. Carl Danton is in Saigon on assignment at the start of the 1968 Tet offensive with a cynical boss in the local bureau chief. His love interest is a Vietnamese doctor whose brother happens to be a leader in the Viet Cong and whose influential parents are involved in high-level corruption.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Paul KrasnyDirector
- Bruce BoxleitnerCarl Danton
- Tiana AlexandraMai
- Michael BeckLt. Mark Wakefield
- Randy BrooksShenandoah Brookford
- Teri CopleySabrina
- Brian DennehyTim Arnold
- Laura JohnsonChickie Wakefield
- Lynne MoodyMercy
- Edward WinterLt. Col. Hannibal Pace
- Olivia ColeSarah Brookford
- Louis GiambalvoVogel
- Michael AlldredgeJed Holston
Details
- Released
- 18 September 1981
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Stirling Silliphant
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Fly Away Home runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Fly Away Home isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 September 1981. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Fly Away Home?
Fly Away Home (1981) was directed by Paul Krasny and stars Bruce Boxleitner, Tiana Alexandra, Michael Beck.