In the Valley of Elah
Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it.
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9/14/2007Runtime
124 minsOverview
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
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A devastated father descends into a murder investigation that forces him to confront what war does to soldiers and the institutions that send them. This is a slow-burning procedural haunted by the weight of institutional betrayal.
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Tommy Lee Jones
Hank Deerfield
Charlize Theron
Detective Emily Sanders
Susan Sarandon
Joan Deerfield
Frances Fisher
Evie
James Franco
Sergeant Carnelli
Jonathan Tucker
Mike Deerfield
Jason Patric
Lieutenant Kirklander
Josh Brolin
Chief Buchwald
Wes Chatham
Corporal Penning
Jake McLaughlin
Specialist Gordon Bonner
Mehcad Brooks
Specialist Ennis Long
Wayne Duvall
Detective Nugent
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