


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.

James Woods
Richard Boyle

Jim Belushi
Doctor Rock

Michael Murphy
Ambassador Thomas Kelly

John Savage
John Cassady

Elpidia Carrillo
Maria

Tony Plana
Major Maximilliano Casanova

Colby Chester
Jack Morgan

Cynthia Gibb
Cathy Moore

Will MacMillan
Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.

Valerie Wildman
Pauline Axelrod

José Carlos Ruiz
Archbishop Romero

Jorge Luke
Colonel Julio Figueroa

Juan Fernández
Army Lieutenant

Salvador Sánchez
Human Rights Leader
Rosario Zúñiga
Human Rights Assistant
Giles Millinaire
French Reporter

John Doe
Roberto, Restaurant Owner
Leticia Valenzuela
Woman Rebel

Roberto Sosa
Rebel Youth
Maria Rubell
Boyle's Wife
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone, Rick Boyle
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