
A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assasination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. Meanwhile he has to find a way of protecting his Salvadorean girlfriend and getting her out of the country.
John SavageJohn Cassady
Juan FernándezArmy Lieutenant
Elpidia CarrilloMar?a (as Elpedia Carrillo)
Ronald ReaganHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mauricio Mart?nezExecuted LieutenantThe movie had an advisor who was killed in El Salvador during the production.
Doctor Rock:
Hey, baby. What's your sign?
Pauline Axelrod:
Stop.
Doctor Rock:
Oh? I thought it was slippery when wet.
Crew or equipment visible: At minute 41:44, when Major Max is giving his speech at the dinner table, as he circles the table you can clearly see the camera and boom operator reflected in the black window behind him.
Written & Performed by Jackson Browne
Swallow Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Elektra-Asylum Records
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
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