Release Date
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Original Release
October 2, 1981
1h 43m
Zoot Suit (1981)
⭐ 6.4103 min
Overview
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.
Director
Luis Valdez
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.9
Cast
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Daniel Valdez
Henry Reyna
⭐0.6
Edward James Olmos
El Pachuco
⭐2.9
Charles Aidman
George Shearer
⭐1.1
Tyne Daly
Alice Bloomfield
⭐2.0
John Anderson
Judge F.W. Charles
⭐1.8
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Abel Franco
Enrique
⭐0.5
Mike Gomez
Joey / Jose Torres
⭐0.9
Alma Martinez
Lupe
⭐1.1
Francis X. McCarthy
Press
⭐1.3
Lupe Ontiveros
Dolores
⭐1.7
Genres
DramaMusic
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