- A Show of Force
Infobox Film
name = A Show of Force
caption =
director =Bruno Barreto
producer = John Strong
writer = Anne Nelson (book)
Evan Jones (screenplay)
John Strong (screenplay)
starring =Amy Irving Andy Garcia Lou Diamond Phillips Robert Duvall Erik Estrada
music =Georges Delerue
cinematography =
editing = Henry Richardson
distributor =Paramount Pictures
released =May 11 ,1990
runtime = 89 min.
country =
awards =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:44527
imdb_id = 0100606"A Show of Force" is a
1990 thriller, directed byBruno Barreto . The film is based on events and theories surrounding theMaravilla Hill case inPuerto Rico adapted from Anne Nelson's book, "Murder Under Two Flags."Plot
In 1978, Kate Melendez (
Amy Irving ) is a television news reporter who investigates the mysterious deaths of two radicalPuerto Rican activists. The government claims the were are terrorists while others claim the two were merely student activists. Despite threats to her own life, Melendez investigates the deaths, gradually leading her to conclude that undercover American agents were responsible for framing the activists as terrorists, and then murdering them.Cast
ee also
*
Cinema of Puerto Rico
*List of films set in Puerto Rico External links
*imdb title | id=0100606 | title=A Show Of Force
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