A Show of Force

May 11, 1990

1h 35m

★ 4.9

Reporter Kate Melendez is onto the biggest story of her life. If she lives to tell it.

Overview

In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Meléndez investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Kate Melendez

Amy Irving

Luis Angel Mora

Andy Garcia

Jesus Fuentes

Lou Diamond Phillips

Howard

Robert Duvall

Frank Curtin

Kevin Spacey

Machado

Erik Estrada

Captain Correa

Juan Fernández

Pepita

Lupe Ontiveros

Julio Dominguez

León Singer

Alice Ryan

Priscilla Pointer

Foster

Hattie Winston

Walker Ryan

Joseph Campanella

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