A Flash of Green (1984)
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Synopsis of A Flash of Green
A John D. MacDonald novel was the source material for A Flash of Green. Ed Harris plays a reporter for a Florida resort-town newspaper. His best friend is shady county-commissioner Richard Jordan. When Harris shows signs of sympathizing with a local ecology group that is dead set against a new land-fill development, Jordan tries to keep the editor quiet with a bribe. At first, Harris acquiesces, but rapidly develops a conscience when Jordan enlists a local right-wing terrorist group to keep the ecologists in line. A secondary plot involves Harris' romance with Blair Brown, an affair tainted by the fact that Harris' wife lies comatose in the hospital. Thanks to its pro-eco stance, A Flash of Green was financed by and telecast as an edition of PBS' American Playhouse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of A Flash of Green
- Ed Harris - Jimmy Wing
- George Coe - Brian Haas
- Jean de Baer - Jackie Halley
- William Mooney - Leroy Shannard
- John Glover - Ross Halley
- Joan Macintosh - Nan Haas
- Richard Jordan - Elmo Bliss
- Gregory Jones - Walker
- Jerry Clark - Major
- Gene Densmore - Photographer
- Blair Brown - Kate Hubble
- Joan Goodfellow - Mitchie
- Helen Stenborg - Aunt Middie
- Isa Thomas - Doris Rohl
- Bob Murch - Dial Sinnat
- Robert Harris - Borklund
- Charles Kahlenberg - Ernie Willihan
- Phil Hunt - Barlow
- Nancy Griggs - Nat Sinnat
- Michael Doyle - Burt Lesser
- Director(s):
- Victor Nuñez
- Writer(s):
- Victor Nuñez
- Producer(s):
- Richard Jordan
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