---
title: 'Coming Home (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hal Ashby'
released: '1978-02-15'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/coming-home-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077362/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Coming Home (1978)

1978 · 128 min · Drama, War, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Coming Home is a 1978 American romantic war drama film directed by Hal Ashby from a screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones with story by Nancy Dowd. It stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine and Robert Ginty. The film's narrative follows a perplexed woman, her Marine husband, and a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran with whom she develops a romantic relationship while her husband is deployed in Vietnam.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hal Ashby](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-ashby)
- **Screenplay:** [Nancy Dowd](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-dowd), [Waldo Salt](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldo-salt), [Robert C. Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-c-jones), [Rudy Wurlitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudy-wurlitzer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul McCartney](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mccartney)
- **Producer:** [Jerome Hellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-hellman), [Bruce Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-gilbert)
- **Director of Photography:** [Haskell Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/haskell-wexler)
- **Editor:** [Don Zimmerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-zimmerman)

## Cast

- [Penelope Milford](https://cinepixo.com/people/penelope-milford) as Vi Munson
- [Rita Taggart](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-taggart) as Johnson
- [Kathleen Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-miller) as Kathy Delise
- [Bruce French](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-french) as Dr. Lincoln
- [Tresa Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/tresa-hughes) as Nurse Degroot
- [Jon Voight](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-voight) as Luke Martin
- [David Clennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-clennon) as Tim
- [Hal Ashby](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-ashby)
- [Bruce Dern](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-dern) as Captain Bob Hyde
- [Robert Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-carradine) as Bill Munson
- [Robert Ginty](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ginty) as Sergeant Dink Mobley
- [Olivia Cole](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-cole) as Corrine
- [Richard Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-lawson) as Pat
- [Beeson Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/beeson-carroll) as Captain Earl Delise
- [Mary Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-jackson) as Fleta Wilson

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