Salvador

Salvador (1986)

18
18/08/1986 (GB)
Drama, Thriller, War
2h 3m

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.

  • Oliver StoneDirector, Writer
  • Rick BoyleWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $4,500,000

  • Revenue

    $1,500,000

Keywords

  • guerrilla warfare
  • journalist
  • assassination
  • civil war
  • loss of loved one
  • dictator
  • war correspondent
  • revolution
  • civil rights
  • dictatorship
  • press
  • based on true story
  • road trip
  • el salvador
  • reporter
  • execution
  • massacre
  • alcoholic
  • 1980s
  • confession booth
  • photojournalist
  • violence

Top Billed Cast

James Woods

James Woods

Richard Boyle

Jim Belushi

Jim Belushi

Doctor Rock

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

Ambassador Thomas Kelly

John Savage

John Savage

John Cassady

Elpidia Carrillo

Elpidia Carrillo

Maria

Tony Plana

Tony Plana

Major Maximilliano Casanova

Colby Chester

Colby Chester

Jack Morgan

Cynthia Gibb

Cynthia Gibb

Cathy Moore

Will MacMillan

Will MacMillan

Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.

Valerie Wildman

Valerie Wildman

Pauline Axelrod

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