Stand by · pulling the latest frames
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An American military advisor becomes disillusioned by the brutality and corruption of the Central American government which hired him. When his shift in sympathies becomes known, he's arrested and tortured but soon escapes, along with a beautiful American woman, in order to join the rebels.
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“The Shortest Distance Between Life and Death”

The Firing Line (1988) Trailer
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Carl Terry
Carl Terry
Julio Montiero