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About
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.
Theatrical
Apr 23, 1986
Box Office
$1.5M
Budget
$4.5M
Return
0.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 5, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Producers
Oliver Stone, John Daly, Derek Gibson
Music
Studio
Hemdale, Cinema '85, Estudios Churubusco Azteca
Quotes
See all →Conflict over Justice in War
Richard Boyle
Is this your sense of justice?!
[furious at the sight of how rebels treat their prisoners]
Rebel Woman
It's necessary!
[In Spanish]
Richard Boyle
You've become just like them! You've become just like them!
[pulled away by two rebels]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Examining Conscience and Its Consequences
Jack Morgan
You know I'm often asked by people like yourself to examine my conscience and every now and then I do examine it.
Richard Boyle
And what do you find there, Jack?
Jack Morgan
That whatever mistakes we make down here, the alternative would be ten times worse!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
James Woods
Richard Boyle
J
Jim Belushi
Doctor Rock
M
Michael Murphy
Ambassador Thomas Kelly
J
John Savage
John Cassady
E
Elpidia Carrillo
Maria
T
Tony Plana
Major Maximilliano Casanova
C
Colby Chester
Jack Morgan
C
Cynthia Gibb
Cathy Moore
W
Will MacMillan
Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.
V
Valerie Wildman
Pauline Axelrod
J
José Carlos Ruiz
Archbishop Romero
J
Jorge Luke
Colonel Julio Figueroa
J
Juan Fernández
Army Lieutenant
S
Salvador Sánchez
Human Rights Leader
R
Rosario Zúñiga
Human Rights Assistant
G
Giles Millinaire
French Reporter
J
John Doe
Roberto, Restaurant Owner
L
Leticia Valenzuela
Woman Rebel
R
Roberto Sosa
Rebel Youth
M
Maria Rubell
Boyle's Wife
