A Show of Force

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A Show of Force
Directed by	Bruno Barreto
Produced by	John Strong
Written by	Anne Nelson (book) Evan Jones (screenplay) John Strong (screenplay)
Starring	Amy Irving Andy Garcia Lou Diamond Phillips Robert Duvall Erik Estrada
Music by	Georges Delerue
Editing by	Henry Richardson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	May 11, 1990
Running time	95 min.
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Language	English
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A Show of Force is a 1990 thriller, 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."

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot

In 1978, Kate Melendez (Amy Irving) is a television news reporter who investigates the mysterious deaths of two radical Puerto 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 for framing the activists as terrorists, and then murdering them.