| Actor |
Crew |
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| Producer |
John Sacret Young; John Lugar |
| Cinematography |
Charles Minsky; John J. Connor |
| Musician |
John Rubinstein; Paul Chihara |
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| Plot |
| Welcome to China Beach. Part EVAC hospital, part USO entertainment center—this outpost of craziness and compassion introduces us to the Vietnam War through the eyes of the women who served there.Created by William Broyles, Jr., and Executive Producer John Sacret Young, the series captures an extraordinary group of charactersin this unique, exotic place where so many things came together—horror and laughter, heroism and sacrifice, and unforgettable and iconic music.Season 1 opens with a beautiful woman on a beach. But before long, courageous nurse Lieutenant Colleen McMurphy (Dana Delany) is hurled back into a world of helicopters loaded with wounded soldiers, the impossible dilemma of delivering the baby of a hated enemy, an unlikely kinship with USO singer Laurette Barber (Chloe Webb), and a fitful romance with zoomie pilot Captain Natch Austen (Tim Ryan).Season 1 also brings together the whole unlikely "family" of China Beach—"entrepreneur" K.C. Kolowski (Marg Helgenberger); by-the-book Major Lila Garreau (Concetta Tomei); young Donut Dolly Cherry White (Nan Woods); fanny-pinching surgeon Dr. Dick Richard (Robert Picardo); recovering wounded soldier Boonie Lanier (Brian Wimmer); the grunt who carries "the thousand-yard stare," Dodger (Jeff Kober); and Private Samuel Beckett (Michael Boatman), the man in charge of the GRU, the Graves Registration Unit.Episodes:1. Pilot2. Home3. Hot Spell4. Somewhere Over The Radio5. Waiting for Beckett6. Brothers 7. Chao Ong |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Television; Drama; War |
| Studio |
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Warner Bros. Television |
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Sacret |
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| Series |
China Beach |
| Movie Release Date |
1988 |
| Country |
 USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
NR |
| Running Time |
480 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Episodes
& Features |
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Disc 1:
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Features |
Commentary
Making Of...
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Episode Commentary by series co-creator and executive producer John Sacret Young & Director/Producer Rod Holcomb. Recoreded 11/2003 Featurette: China Beach - How it all began Featurette: Highlights from the 25th Anniversay Cast Reunion, 12/12/2012 Interviews: Dana Delany Chloe Webb |
| Episode 1 |
China Beach (1)
It's November 1967 and nurse Colleen McMurphy faces the last week of her tour of duty in Vietnam, dealing as usual with the dying boys, primitive conditions, and the sexual pressure from pilot Natch Austin. USO singers Georgia Lee and Laurette Barber arrive to entertain the troops in the base's new R&R center. Brand new Red Cross volunteer Cherry White also arrives, determined to find her brother, a marine no one can locate.
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| Episode 2 |
China Beach (2)
McMurphy decides that she can't leave China Beach even though she is eligible to go home. Cherry and Laurette arrive- Cherry to look for her brother whom her family lost contact with and Laurette as a USO back up singer who gets promoted to lead when the lead singer can't cope with the war.
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| Episode 3 |
Home
Laurette auditions local entertainers to fill in the act and McMurphy struggles to overcome her feelings when a Viet Cong woman who was responsible for blowing up a friend is brought into the hospital for treatment.
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| Episode 4 |
Hot Spell
KC agrees to ask about Cherry's brother as she sets up a deal to buy an antique vase. Laurette prepares to perform for visiting brass. Lila, KC, Laurette, McMurphy and Cherry share confidences as they wait out a mortar attack together.
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| Episode 5 |
Somewhere Over the Radio
Lila, Cherry and Laurette find themselves pinned down with a combat squad whose leader is not dealing with reality. Back at China Beach, KC and a frightened Boonie prepare to mount a rescue mission. Dr. Richard is injured just before he's scheduled to leave for R&R in Hawaii with Beth Ann.
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| Episode 6 |
Waiting for Beckett
Cherry is taken in by a deserter who claims to know her brother, and who is pursued by a determined office from the CID. Laurette and Boonie try to help a stressed out Beckett get some sleep.
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| Episode 7 |
Brothers
Laurette faces an important audition with laryngitis. Beckett battles the pressure of racial prejudice and financial coercion when he discovers someone has been using the body bags in his GRU. Dr. Richard returns from R&R in Hawaii disillusioned by the perceived changes in his wife. Dodger finally finds Rick, Cherry's long-lost brother.
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| Episode 8 |
Chao Ong
Despite distractions, McMurphy and Natch finally get together. Laurette gets a chance to join another, bigger USO tour. McMurphy gets blamed for a body that disappears on her shift.
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| Edition Details |
| Region |
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1 |
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| Screen Ratio |
 1.33 |
| Format |
DVD |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
610583451290 |
| Release Date |
4/15/2013 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital
Commentary Dolby Digital |
| No. of Discs/Tapes |
3 |
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| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
1830 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
6/13/2014 |
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