"Dateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia..."

1986

2h 3m

7.0(388 votes)

Drama

Thriller

War

Overview

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.

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37 members

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James Woods

Richard Boyle

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Jim Belushi

Doctor Rock

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Michael Murphy

Ambassador Thomas Kelly

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John Savage

John Cassady

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Elpidia Carrillo

Maria

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Tony Plana

Major Maximilliano Casanova

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Colby Chester

Jack Morgan

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Cynthia Gibb

Cathy Moore

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Will MacMillan

Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.

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Valerie Wildman

Pauline Axelrod

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José Carlos Ruiz

Archbishop Romero

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Jorge Luke

Colonel Julio Figueroa

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Juan Fernández

Army Lieutenant

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Salvador Sánchez

Human Rights Leader

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Rosario Zúñiga

Human Rights Assistant

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Giles Millinaire

French Reporter

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John Doe

Roberto, Restaurant Owner

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Leticia Valenzuela

Woman Rebel

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Roberto Sosa

Rebel Youth

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Maria Rubell

Boyle's Wife

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Ty Granderson Jones

Landlord San Francisco

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Sean Stone

Boyle's Baby

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Danna Hansen

Sister Stan

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Erika Carlsson

Sister Wagner

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Kara Glover

Kelly Assistant

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María del Carmen Sánchez

Maria's Grandmother

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Art Bonilla

Romero Assassin

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Gerardo Zepeda

Death Squad #1

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Nicolás Jasso

Death Squad #2

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José Chávez

Jail Guard

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Héctor Téllez

Mayor at Nun's Burial

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Jorge Reynoso

Jefe at Customs Shed

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Queta Carrasco

Bruja

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Arturo Rodríguez Doring

Young Killed Student

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Humberto Elizondo

Road Block Thug

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Agustín Bernal

Bodyguard to Major Max

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Bill Hoag

2nd Immigration Officer

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