Under Fire

Release Date:

Oct 21, 1983

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:08

Genre:

Adventure

Director:

Roger Spottiswoode

Cast:

Nick Nolte	Russell Price
Joanna Cassidy	Claire
Gene Hackman	Alex Grazier
Ed Harris	Oates
Alma Martinez	Isela
Holly Palance	Journalist
Ella Laboriel	Nightclub Singer
Samuel Zarzosa	Jazz Combo: drums
Jonathan Zarzosa	Jazz Combo: piano
Raul Picasso	Jazz Combo: bass
Oswaldo Doria	Boy Photographer
Fernando Elizondo	Businessman
Hamilton Camp	Regis Seydor
Jean-Louis Trintignant	Marcel Jazy
Richard Masur	Hub Kittle
Jorge Santoyo	Guerrilla Leader
Lucina Rojas	Guerrilla Leader
Raul Garcia	Waiter
Victor Alcocer	Sandinista
Eric F. Valdez
Andaluz Russell	Young Journalist
E. Villavicencio	Arresting Officer
Enrique Lucero	Prison Priest
Enrique Beraza	Interrogating Officer
Jenny Gago	Miss Panama
Elpidia Carrillo	Sandinista
Martin Palmares	Sandinista
Gerardo Moreno	Sandinista
Eloy Casados	Pedro
Carlos Romano	Priest

Producers:

Jonathan T. Taplin

Language:

English

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A pair of news correspondents chronicling the final days of the corrupt Samoza Regime in Nicaragua find themselves under fire from both sides. After an American news reporter is killed in Nicaragua, two of his fellow journalists choose to participate actively in the revolution. As the Samoza power base falls, they face dilemmas concerning their relationship with each other and their loss of professional objectivity.

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