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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.
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Cast
- Daniel ValdezHenry Reyna
- Edward James OlmosEl Pachuco
- Charles AidmanGeorge Shearer
- Tyne DalyAlice Bloomfield
- John AndersonJudge F.W. Charles
- Abel FrancoEnrique
- Mike GomezJoey / Jose Torres
- Alma MartinezLupe
- Francis X. McCarthyPress
- Lupe OntiverosDolores
Crew
- Luis ValdezDirector
- Luis ValdezWriter
- David MyersDirector of Photography
- Jacqueline CambasEditor
- Gordon DavidsonProducer
- William P. WingateProducer
- Phil EsparzaProducer
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