A Show of Force | |
Director: | Bruno Barreto |
Producer: | John Strong |
Screenplay: | Evan Jones John Strong |
Music: | Georges Delerue |
Editing: | Henry Richardson |
Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Runtime: | 89 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $12 million[1] |
Gross: | $152,982 (USA) |
A Show of Force is a 1990 American thriller drama film directed by Bruno Barreto. The film is based on events and theories surrounding the Maravilla Hill case in Puerto Rico adapted from Anne Nelson's book, Murder Under Two Flags.
In 1978, Kate Melendez is a television news reporter who investigates the mysterious deaths of two radical Puerto Rican activists. The government claims they were terrorists while others claim the two were merely student activists.[2] 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.[3]
Actor | Role | |
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Kate Melendez | ||
Luis Angel Mora | ||
Jesus Fuentes | ||
Howard | ||
Frank Curtin | ||
Machado | ||
Jorge Castillo | Nestor Chavez | |
Pepita |