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A Flash of Green is a american film of genre Drama directed by Victor Nuñez released in USA on 21 june 1985 with Ed Harris
A Flash of Green (1985)
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A Flash of Green tells the story of small-town corruption and two people brave enough to fight back. When a local reporter starts sympathizing with an eco-group opposing a new development, a local county commissioner attempts to quiet him with a bribe. Going along with it at first, the reporter soon develops a conscience when the commissioner uses a right-wing paramilitary group to keep the eco-group in line.Actors
Ed Harris
(Jimmy Wing)
Blair Brown
(Kat Hubble)
Richard Jordan
(Elmo Bliss)
George Coe
(Brian Haas)
John Glover
(Ross Halley)
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