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Salvador
“Dateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia...”
7.0 / 10• 1986• 2h 3m•R• English
DramaThrillerWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
James Woods
Richard Boyle
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Oliver Stone's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Salvador is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
