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Any Mother's Son is a american film of genre Drama directed by David Burton Morris with Bonnie Bedelia
Any Mother's Son (1997)
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Add to a movie listAny Mother's Son is a 1997 television drama film directed by David Burton Morris.
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The film based on the true story of US Navy Petty Officer Allen Schindler, who is murdered by two of his fellow seamen while on shore leave from his post in Japan. Two months later, Schindler's mother discovers that he was killed because he was gay. She has to fight her own homophobia and attempts by the Navy to cover up the crime.Actors
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