| Release Date: | Feb 1986 |
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| Genres: | War / Thriller / Drama / Biography |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations |
| Cast: | James Woods (Richard Boyle), James Belushi (Doctor Rock), Michael Murphy (Ambassador Thomas Kelly), John Savage (John Cassady), Elpidia Carrillo (María (as Elpedia Carrillo)), Tony Plana (Major Maximiliano 'Max'...), Colby Chester (Jack Morgan - State Department Analyst), Cynthia Gibb (Cathy Moore (as Cindy Gibb)), Will MacMillan (Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.), Valerie Wildman (Pauline Axelrod), José Carlos Ruiz (Archbishop Romero), Jorge Luke (Colonel Julio Figueroa), Juan Fernández (Army Lieutenant), Salvador Sánchez (Human Rights Leader), Rosario Zúñiga (Human Rights Assistant), Martín Fuentes (Carlos), Gary Farr (Peter), Gilles Millinaire (French Reporter), Ramón Menéndez (Gomez), John Doe (Roberto), Leticia Valenzuela (Rebel Woman), Roberto Sosa (Rebel Youth (as Roberto Sosa Jr.)), Daria Okugawa (Dog Attendant), Sue Ann McKean (Cop in San Francisco), Joshua Gallegos (Immigration Officer on Bus), María Rubell (Boyle's Wife), Ty Granderson Jones (San Francisco Landlord (as Tyrone Jones)), Sean Stone (Boyle's Baby), Danna Hansen (Sister Stan), Sigridur Gudmunds (Sister Burkit), Erika Carlsson (Sister Wagner (as Erica Carlson)), Kara Glover (Kelly Assistant), Julie Conn (WAC at Party), María del Carmen Sánchez (Maria's Grandmother), Art Bonilla (Romero Assassin (as Arturo Bonilla)), Gerardo Zepeda (Death Squad Member #1 (as...), Nicolás Jasso (Death Squad Member #2), José Chávez (Jail Guard), Héctor Téllez (Mayor at Nun's Burial), Jorge Reynoso (Jefe at Customs Shed), Jorge Pol (Customs Officer #2), César Sobrevals (Customs Officer #3), Bruno Rubeo (Customs Officer #4), Bob Morones (Customs Officer #5), Juliana Urquisa (Wilma), Queta Carrasco (Bruja), María de los Ángeles Urquiza (Mamá Moncha at Panamá Club), Tomás Leal (Rapist #1), René Pereyra (Rapist #2), Arturo Rodríguez Doring (Young Killed Student), Jair De Rubin (Maria's Son (as Yair De Rubin)), Claudia Hernández (Maria's Daughter), Humberto Elizondo (Roadblock Thug #1), Mário Arévalo (Roadblock Thug #2), Gerardo Quiroz (Carlos' Friend #1), Israel León (Carlos' Friend #2), Mauricio MartÃnez (Executed Lieutenant), Xochitl del Rosario (Messenger on Horse), Agustín Bernal (Bodyguard to Major Max), John MacDevitt (GI in Salvador), Bill Hoag (Immigration Officer #2), Waldeir DeSouza (US Customs Guard), Ãngel Vargas (Tic Tac Monster in Cafe), Miguel Ehrenberg (Captain Marti), Jimmy Carter (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)), Nancy Davis (Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)), Robert Gallo (Voice (uncredited)), Ronald Reagan (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) |
A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assasination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. Meanwhile he has to find a way of protecting his Salvadorean girlfriend and getting her out of the country.
