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Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Werner released in USA on 5 november 1982 with Dennis Christopher
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)
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Add to a movie listDon't Cry, It's Only Thunder (also known in Australia as Vietnam: Hell or Glory) is a 1981 film directed by Peter Werner and written by Paul G. Hensler, set in the Vietnam War.
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The story centers around Brian Anderson (played by actor Dennis Christopher), a soldier who is only out for his own neck, who ends up drawn into taking care of orphans in a nearby orphanage, keeping a promise to a friend who was killed in action. At first, he views the task with a degree of annoyance, then slowly begins to warm up to the orphans, risking his life and his career to protect them. Robert Englund (pre-dating his more-well-known role of Freddy Krueger) played the role of Tripper. Susan Saint James played a doctor and the love interest to Brian Anderson.Actors
Dennis Christopher
(Brian Anderson)
Susan Saint James
(Katherine Cross)
Roger Aaron Brown
(Moses Drapper)
Robert Englund
(Tripper)
James Withmore Jr.
(Major Flaherty)
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