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Director:

Luis Valdez

Writer:

Luis Valdez (play)

Contact:

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Release Date:

January 1982 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Musical more

Plot:

A kind of musical accompanying the story of the early 1940's and the effect that the "zoot suit" (a man's suit of long jacket and pegged pants... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. more

NewsDesk:

Glee recap (1.08): "Mash-Up"
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User Comments:

Underrated, one of Olmos's Best more (15 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Daniel Valdez ... Henry Reyna

Edward James Olmos ... El Pachuco
Charles Aidman ... George Shearer
Tyne Daly ... Alice Bloomfield
John Anderson ... Judge F.W. Charles
Abel Franco ... Enrique
Mike Gomez ... Joey / Jose Torres

Alma Martinez ... Lupe (as Alma Rosa Martínez)

Francis X. McCarthy ... Press (as Frank McCarthy)
Lupe Ontiveros ... Dolores
Ed Peck ... Lieutenant Edwards
Robert Phalen ... District Attorney
Tony Plana ... Rudy
Rose Portillo ... Della
Marco Rodríguez ... Smiley / Ismael Torres
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Additional Details

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Sensurround


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Robert Beltran's film debut. more

Quotes:

El Pachuco: The idea of the original chuco is to look like a diamond, to look sharp, hip, bonaroo, finding a style of urban survival in the rural skirts and outskirts of the brown metropolis of Los, Cabron.
Press: It's an afront to good taste!
El Pachuco: Like the Mexicans, Filipinos and blacks who wear them?
Press: Yes!
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Soundtrack:

Marijuana Boogie more


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2 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Underrated, one of Olmos's Best, 30 December 2000
Author: MovieCriticMarvelfan from california

I saw this on the Independent Film last year, very good film, revolves around Gangs but gangs in the 1940's.

Also a film about Latinos (my people) and the problems they face in the inner city.

It's much better than those terrible soap opera's in Mexico, this film is a musical but it's also a drama focusing on different Hispanic characters.

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