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The Visitors (1972 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Visitors' is a 1972 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Patrick McVey. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Kazan used an article written by Daniel Lang for 'The New Yorker' in 1969, and Lang's subsequent book 'Casualties of War', as a jumping-off point for this film.
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 after raping her. 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.
Cast
* Patrick McVey as Harry Wayne
* Patricia Joyce as Martha Wayne
* James Woods as Bill Schmidt
* Steve Railsback as Mike Nickerson
* Chico Martnez as Tony Rodrigues
See also
* 'o.k.', a 1970 film also depicting the Incident on Hill 192
* 'Casualties of War', a 1989 film also depicting the Incident on Hill 192
References
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