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19862h 3mREnglish

Salvador

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

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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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DirectorOliver Stone

Keywords

guerrilla warfarejournalistassassinationcivil warloss of loved onedictatorwar correspondentrevolutioncivil rightsdictatorshippressbased on true storyroad tripel salvadorreporterexecutionmassacrealcoholic1980sconfession boothphotojournalistviolence
Budget$5M
Box Office$2M

Cast

James Woods as Richard Boyle

James Woods

Richard Boyle

Jim Belushi as Doctor Rock

Jim Belushi

Doctor Rock

Michael Murphy as Ambassador Thomas Kelly

Michael Murphy

Ambassador Thomas Kelly

John Savage as John Cassady

John Savage

John Cassady

Elpidia Carrillo as Maria

Elpidia Carrillo

Maria

Tony Plana as Major Maximilliano Casanova

Tony Plana

Major Maximilliano Casanova

Colby Chester as Jack Morgan

Colby Chester

Jack Morgan

Cynthia Gibb as Cathy Moore

Cynthia Gibb

Cathy Moore

Will MacMillan as Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.

Will MacMillan

Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.

Valerie Wildman as Pauline Axelrod

Valerie Wildman

Pauline Axelrod