Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Release Year: 1988
Country: USA
Runtime: 117
Rating: 4.7 (0)
Languages: English, Spanish
Director: Robert Redford
Sound: Dolby
Taglines:

Writing by: John Nichols - novel
John Nichols - screenplay
David S. Ward - writer (as David Ward)

Produced by: Moctesuma Esparza - producer
Gary Hendler - executive producer (as Gary J. Hendler)
Charles Mulvehill - co-producer
Robert Redford - producer

Cast: Rubén Blades - Sheriff Bernabe Montoya
Richard Bradford - Ladd Devine
Sonia Braga - Ruby Archuleta
Julie Carmen - Nancy Mondragon
James Gammon - Horsethief Shorty
Melanie Griffith - Flossie Devine
John Heard - Charlie Bloom
Carlos Riquelme - Amarante Cordova
Daniel Stern - Herbie Platt
Chick Vennera - Joe Mondragon
Christopher Walken - Kyril Montana

Music: Dave Grusin
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Plot Outline: In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development…
Plot: In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this will result in the eventual displacement of the local Hispanic farmers, they cannot arouse much opposition because of the short term opportunities offered by construction jobs. But when Joe Mondragon illegally diverts water to irrigate his bean field, the local people support him because of their resentment of water use laws that favor the rich like Devine. When the Governor sends in ruthless troubleshooter Kyril Montana to settle things quickly before the lucrative development is cancelled, a small war threatens to erupt.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Theres a Sing-Along of Take Me Out to the Ball Game after the credits

Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: As Bernie pulls up to the Forest Service office during the scene with Joes cow, his truck creates a large dust cloud which sweeps over everyone. In the next shot, the cloud is completely gone.

Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• In a scene at one of the local Milagro stores where John Heards lawyer character is dropping off his newspapers, a woman is shopping for Newmans Own salad dressing. The store owner tells her, thats no good, buy something else - an obvious in-joke in which director Robert Redford tweaks his longtime friend and frequent co-star Paul Newman.