Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #262105 in DVD
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Running time: 74 minutes

Customer Reviews

Interesting Early Anti-War Vietnam Movie
Majors, shortly after the success of his supporting role in Tom Gries, Will Penny(1968)with Charleton Heston, starred in this made for tv movie about a decorated Vietnam veteran who comes home to less than hero's welcome. Majors plays the lead (Andy Crocker), seriously and with conviction; supporting cast, Pat Hingle, Jimmy Dean, and Joey Heatherton are also quite good. Like "Friendly Fire" (1978), a made for tv movie that won several Emmys and made its debut several years later, The Ballad of Andy Crocker is a film that really should be just as memorable. Incidentally, this was a Aaron Spelling pilot for a series that never materialized.

Unlike the spate of "crazed" Vietnam Vet films that would follow for the next decade a la "Deer Hunter," "First Blood" and the "Rambo" series, this film seriously tries to depict the problems of readjustment to civilian life many vets faced back in the States. Andy finds that his fiance has left him to marry another man, his business partner (Dean), has cheated him, and his father and mother notably estranged from him. In short, the film's ending packs a wallop and is a real testament to the trials and misfortunes so many Vietnam vets faced in their readjustment after the Vietnam War.

Public Domain at its finest! Buyer Beware.
The Ballad of Andy Crocker is a descent movie by far, but this DVD is a public domain print--by far the worse print I have ever came across on DVD/VHS.

HARD TO WATCH!
This was a good made for TV movie back in '69 when the war was still hot. Seems a little dated now but I guess we all are if you were there. What ruined it for me was the LOUSEY film to DVD transfer! The best scene was at the end with Crocker (Majors) sitting on the curb waiting for the recruting office to open...