Explores the relationship between Adm. Elmo Zumwalt Jr. (Karl Malden) and his son (Keith Carradine), a former Naval officer who died from cancer believed caused by Agent Orange, a powerful defoliant used in the Vietnam War on the orders of his father. Kathy Zumwalt: Margaret Klenck. Geoff Martin: Michael Horton. Billy: Dirk Blocker. Jeff Bleckner directed.