Summary
In the small port of Alamo Bay, Texan fisherman struggle to eke out a
modest living. They are far from happy when a community of
Vietnamese immigrants settle in the area and begin to compete with
them. The inevitable tensions that ensue soon escalate to open
warfare, fuelled by the thuggish antagonism of white supremacists...
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Credits
- Director: Louis Malle
- Script: Alice Arlen
- Photo: Curtis Clark
- Music: Ry Cooder
- Cast: Amy Madigan (Glory), Ed Harris (Shang), Ho Nguyen (Dinh), Donald Moffat (Wally), Truyen V. Tran (Ben), Rudy Young (Skinner), Cynthia Carle (Honey), Martin LaSalle (Luis), William Frankfather (Mac), Lucky Mosley (Ab Crankshaw), Bill Thurman (Sheriff), Michael Ballard (Wendell), Gary Basaraba (Leon), Jerry Biggs (Buddy), Mark Hanks (Brandon), Khoa Van Le (Father Ky), Tony Frank (Leroy), Caroline Williams (Diane), Max Evers (Pete), Buddy Killen (Rev. Disney)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 98 min
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