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1982 | B/N | 105:00

Based on a popular corrido depicting actual events of 1901. Gregorio Cortez, a Mexican cowhand working the ranges around San Antonio, finds himself about to be arrested in a case of mistaken identity and kills a sheriff in self-defense. Cortez flees on horseback to the Mexico border. So begins an 11-day, 450 mile manhunt by a 600-man posse under the direction of the Texas Rangers.


Direction: M. Young; Robert
Script: Villasenor; Victor, Young; Robert M.
Production: Esparza; Moctesuma, Hausman; Michael
Photography: Villalobos; Ray
Sound: Tavella; Dominick, Goldbaum; Michael Scott
Music: Olmos; Edward James, Lewis; W. Michael
Cast:Olmos; Edward James, Bower; Tom, Gammon; James, McGill; Bruce, Serna; Pepe, Vint; Alan, Corbin; Barry, Scott; Timothy, DeSoto; Rosana, McGuire; Michael, Kehoe; Jack, Plata; Victoria, Olmos; Mico, DeYapp Jr.; Lawrence, Sanderson; William, James; Brion
Art direction: Wurtzel; Stuart
Participation year at FICM: 2017

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