The Visitors (1972 film)
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Director Elia Kazan Screenplay Chris Kazan Writer Chris Kazan Language English | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 2, 1972 (1972-02-02) Producers Nicholas T. Proferes, Chris Kazan Cast Patrick McVey (Harry Wayne), Patricia Joyce (Martha Wayne), James Woods (Bill Schmidt), Steve Railsback (Mike Nickerson), Chico MartÃnez (Tony Rodrigues)Similar movies I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine , Salt , Open Season , Mad Max: Fury Road , Looper , Taken 3 Tagline Every one wants to turn his back on violence until it knocks at his front door. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Visitors is a 1972 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Kazan used Daniel Lang's Casualties of War story as a jumping-off point for this film.
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Plot
Bill Schmidt and his long-term girlfriend Martha Wayne and their young son Hal live in a small Connecticut farmhouse owned by Martha's overbearing father. One snowy winter Sunday, two of Bill's ex-army buddies, Mike and Tony, arrive. A few years ago, they had all served together in Vietnam in the same platoon but later ended up on opposite sides of a court-martial. Bill has never told his girlfriend what happened in Vietnam nor at the court-martial. The story slowly unfolds. Under orders in Vietnam not to take any prisoners, and faced with potentially hostile civilians who might attack them if left behind, Mike kills a civilian. Bill testifies against him and Mike is sent to the stockade (military prison) for two years. He is angry. There is sexual tension between Mike and Martha. The tension builds and culminates in a fight and a rape.
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