Summary Based on a true story, this made-for-cable film tells about Barry Seal, a pilot who was a drug smuggler for the infamous Medellin cartel out of Colombia. He was caught by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and decided to turn over and help the DEA break the cartel. However, he got caught in the middle of the Reagan/Bush administration efforts to topple the Nicaraguan government in the '80s, in which Nicaraguan rebels called "contras" were allowed to smuggle cocaine into the US in exchange for their fighting against the leftist Nicaraguan government. Eventually Seal was murdered by his former Medellin employers, and some critics say it was with the tacit, if not implicit, connivance of the US administration. View more details
Directed : Roger Young
Written : Alex Lasker Roger Young
Genres : Action Drama
Release date : Jul 19, 1991
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Production companies : Home Box Office (HBO) Green/Epstein Productions Lorimar Television
Summary Based on a true story, this made-for-cable film tells about Barry Seal, a pilot who was a drug smuggler for the infamous Medellin cartel out of Colombia. He was caught by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and decided to turn over and help the DEA break the cartel. However, he got caught in the middle of the Reagan/Bush administration efforts to topple the Nicaraguan government in the '80s, in which Nicaraguan rebels called "contras" were allowed to smuggle cocaine into the US in exchange for their fighting against the leftist Nicaraguan government. Eventually Seal was murdered by his former Medellin employers, and some critics say it was with the tacit, if not implicit, connivance of the US administration. View more details
Genres : Action Drama
Release date : Jul 19, 1991
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Production companies : Home Box Office (HBO) Green/Epstein Productions Lorimar Television