![]() Robertson, onscreen for virtually the entire four hours, carries the story with panache while not pouring on the theatrics. McClanahan is convincing in a non-comic part and Esther Rolle supplies much-needed warmth as the Andrews family cook. Pic has a lower hooey level than might be expected, and features some bright - if brief - appearances by top-billed stars Rue McClanahan, Flanders, Hope Lange and Billy Dee Williams. On her own once more, Paxton embarks on a search for him and their adopted orphan. She ends up with a sergeant (Ted Marcoux), who winds up missing in action. In Vietnam, Paxton involves herself in a platonic relationship with a fellow journalist (Chris Allport) and a romantic one with an officer (Nick Mancuso). Peter is soon drafted, only to be killed offscreen. ![]() She quickly falls in love with Peter (Steven Eckholdt), a law student brother of her roommate (Tracy Griffith), though it takes the aspiring reporter months to discover that the siblings’ father (Ed Flanders) owns the San Francisco Sun. ![]()
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