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The Shortest Distance Between Life and Death

4.1

1h 31m

1988

“The Shortest Distance Between Life and Death”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jun Gallardo

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Cast & Crew

Reb Brown

Reb Brown

as Mark Hardin

Shannon Tweed

Shannon Tweed

as Sandra Spencer

Kahlena Marie

as Laura

Mel Davidson

as Milton Green

Carl Terry

as Julio Montiero

Tony Carreon

Tony Carreon

as Minister Figueroa

Jerry Beyer

as Carlos Perez

Andy Jacobson

as Capt. Delgado

Dick Isaac

as Col. Nunez

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