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After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.


“It's never too late to find your way home”
A haunted Vietnam veteran, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he is visited by a former platoon member and his young Amerasian daughter.

Danny Glover
Jake Neely

Ron Perlman
Red

Linda Hamilton
Kate

Zoe Weizenbaum
Lenny Hocknell

David Strathairn
Henry R. Hocknell Jr.

Timothy Webber
Mitchell

Gabrielle Rose
Cyd

Frank C. Turner
Dinky

Jesse Moss
Robert W. Gardner

Ty Olsson
Soldier
Missing in America is a drama film released in 2005 exploring themes of vietnam veteran, exile. Directed by Gordon MacDonald, it stars Danny Glover, Ron Perlman, Linda Hamilton. A haunted Vietnam veteran, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he is visited by a former platoon member and his young Amerasian daughter.
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