Witness in the War Zone (1987)
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Tumultuous Beirut provides the setting for this political drama that centers on a world-weary, lazy American reporter who has been reluctantly assigned to cover the latest war between the PLO and the Christian Phalangists. He could care less about the conflict and sends in stories stolen from other… More Tumultuous Beirut provides the setting for this political drama that centers on a world-weary, lazy American reporter who has been reluctantly assigned to cover the latest war between the PLO and the Christian Phalangists. He could care less about the conflict and sends in stories stolen from other hard-working journalists until he begins getting more involved and interested after he humiliates himself by interviewing a bogus PLO leader. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nathaniel Gutman
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Sep 11, 1987 Wide
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Cast
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Christopher Walken
as Don Stevens
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Hywel Bennett
as Mike Jessop
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Marita Marschall
as Linda Larson
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Arnon Zadok
as Hamdi Abu-Yussuf
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Etta Ankri
as Samira
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Martin Umbach
as Bernard
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Moshe Ivgi
as Abdul
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Sasson Gabay
as Bassam
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Shahar Cohen
as Habib
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Shlomo Bar-Abba
as Micha
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Gaby Shoshan
as Salim
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Yigal Naor
as Antoine
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Jerry Weinstock
as Snyder
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Reuven Dayan
as Karim
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Nader Masraawi
as Daoud
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David Menachem
as Phalangist
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Shlomo Tarshish
as Yoram
- Greg Hicks
- John Hurt
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Amos Lavi
as Yessin Abu-Riadd
- Leigh Lawson
- Robert McBain
- Imogen Stubbs
- Brynn Thayer
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Moni Moshonov
as Danny
- Etti Ankri
- Moshe Ivgy
- Sasson Gabai