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Dog Tags

"Don't ask, don't tell."

2008

1h 30m

4.9(26 votes)

Drama

Overview

Raised in a single parent family by his mother Nate Merritt, develops a friendship with a gay man whilst on leave from the US marines.

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11 members

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Paul Preiss

Nate Merritt

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Hoyt Richards

Gene

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Candy Clark

Deb Merritt

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Keythe Farley

Mark Dessau

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Diane Davisson

Louise Forte

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Bart Fletcher

Ady Forte

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Barry Ratcliffe

Uncle Sam

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Chris Carlisle

Chris

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Bobby Zelsdorf

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Amy Lindsay

Trish Huddle

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Willam Belli

Alan

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