
The Children of Sanchez
Its Power and Passion Will Touch All Our Hearts - Because We Are All the Children of Sanchez
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
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Cast

Dolores del Río
Grandma Paquita

Katy Jurado
Chata

Carmen Montejo
Aunt Guadalupe

Josefina Echánove

Sergio Calderón
Alberto

Farnesio de Bernal

Irán Eory
(uncredited)

Helena Rojo

Domingo Ambriz

Enrique Lucero

René Cardona

Armando Silvestre
Mr. Chaparro (uncredited)

Stathis Giallelis
Roberto Sánchez

Lucía Méndez
Martha Sánchez

Héctor Bonilla
Mario

Ignacio López Tarso
Ignacio

Lupita Ferrer
Consuelo Sánchez

José Carlos Ruiz

Patricia Aspíllaga

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

José Chávez

Anthony Quinn
Jesús Sánchez

Rebeca Silva