China Beach (1988)★ 8.2/10
- Drama
- History
- War
Directed by: Mimi Leder, John Sacret Young, Christopher Leitch, Michael Fresco, Fred Gerber
Written by: William Broyles Jr., John Sacret Young, Carol Flint, John Wells, Lydia Woodward
The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.
- Original title
- China Beach
- Storyline
- Dateline: November 1967, within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach. This is the 'Nam, filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen Mc Murphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, in the forms of nurses, warriors, Donut Dollies, lifeguards, politicians, USO entertainers, Chopper Chicks, doctors, officers and enlisted men, brothers and sisters, Kool-Aid Kids, orderlies, medics, morticians, Army brass and one hostile prostitute named K.C. try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 4,428
- Companies
- Sacret, Warner Bros. Television, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), La Cinq (La 5), Veronica Omroep Organisatie, Warner Home Video
- Release dates
- US April 27, 1988
- NL October 12, 1988
- FR January 23, 1990
- XWG August 13, 1990
- AU June 23, 2015