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TITLE My Father My Son (1988) (TV Film)

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DISABILITY Cancer

COUNTRY USA

LENGTH 100

GENRE War True story

DIRECTOR Jeff Bleckner

CAST Keith Carradine

Karl Malden

Michael Horton

Dirk Blocker

Jenny Lewis

Billy Sullivan

NOTES While his son is serving in Vietnam his father, an Admiral, is

authorising chemical warfare. On return from Vietnam the son

gets cancer of lymph system caused by agent orange. He

has two types of lymphona (sic?) . He has chemotherapy for

6 months later he is seeking a donor transplant of bone

marrow. This is successful and he recovers but we're told

the cancer has returned.

Weak, sentimental film which left me not caring too much

about the participants. If agent orange did cause this cancer

then this is a big issue (and not just for American soldiers)

and deserves major treatment.

 


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