A Show of Force
A Show of Force

A Show of Force

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1990
1h 35m
5.3(13 votes)
Crime
Mystery
Thriller

Overview

In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Meléndez investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents.

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