Salvador
1986 · Movie · 2h 3m · R
DramaThrillerWar
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
69/100
Key crew
- Rick BoyleWriter
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
- Oliver StoneWriter
- Oliver StoneDirector
Cast
- James WoodsRichard Boyle
- Jim BelushiDoctor Rock
- Michael MurphyAmbassador Thomas Kelly
- John SavageJohn Cassady
- Elpidia CarrilloMaria
- Tony PlanaMajor Maximilliano Casanova
- Colby ChesterJack Morgan
- Cynthia GibbCathy Moore
- Will MacMillanColonel Bentley Hyde Sr.
- Valerie WildmanPauline Axelrod
- José Carlos RuizArchbishop Romero
- Jorge LukeColonel Julio Figueroa
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Themes
guerrilla warfarejournalistassassinationcivil warloss of loved onedictatorwar correspondentrevolutioncivil rightsdictatorshippressbased on true story