Salvador (1986)

04/23/1986 (GB) • 2h 3m

Drama, Thriller, War

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

James Woods

Richard Boyle

Jim Belushi

Doctor Rock

Michael Murphy

Ambassador Thomas Kelly

John Savage

John Cassady

Tony Plana

Major Maximilliano Casanova

Colby Chester

Jack Morgan

Cynthia Gibb

Cathy Moore

Will MacMillan

Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,500,000.00

Revenue

$1,500,000.00

Keywords

guerrilla warfare

journalist

assassination

civil war

loss of loved one

dictator

war correspondent

revolution

civil rights

dictatorship

press

based on true story

road trip

el salvador

reporter

execution

massacre

alcoholic

1980s

confession booth

photojournalist

violence

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