Limbo
Directed byMark Robson
Written byJoan Micklin Silver(original story, initial screenplay)
James Bridges
StarringKate Jackson
CinematographyCharles F. Wheeler
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Music byAnita Kerr
Production
companies
Omaha
Orange
The Filmkers Group
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • November 1972 (1972-11)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Limbo is a 1972 American drama film directed by Mark Robson, about three wives whose husbands are missing in action in Vietnam. It stars Kate Jackson, Kathleen Nolan and Katherine Justice. It is based on a story by Joan Micklin Silver inspired by interviews Silver conducted with actual P.O.W. and M.I.A. wives, which was serialized in McCall's magazine. Silver shares screenplay credit with James Bridges.

Plot

Three women in Florida have husbands serving in Vietnam who are reported missing in action.

Mary Kay Beull (played by Kathleen Nolan) has four children, the eldest of whom treats her with increasing hostility as she develops a friendship with Phil Garrett, a school teacher. Sharon Dornbeck (played by Katherine Justice) is married to a pilot in the Air Force and has received a telegram reporting that he has been killed. Sandy Lawton (played by Kate Jackson) was wed just two weeks before her lieutenant husband went off to Vietnam.

The three women travel to Paris together to attend a Vietnam peace conference. To their shock, a film is shown there depicting the atrocities committed by American soldiers against Vietnamese civilians. A horrified Mary Kay becomes an anti-war advocate, even testifying before a committee in Washington, D.C.

Mary Kay and Sharon's husbands are ultimately confirmed to be dead. Sandy's, however, is released in a weakened condition from a prisoner-of-war camp and she eagerly awaits his return home.

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