Zoot Suit
Zoot Suit
Release: 1981-10-02
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 6.3
Drama
Music
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tyne Daly
as Alice Bloomfield
Robert Phalen
as District Attorney
Tony Plana
as Rudy
Geno Silva
as Galindo
Edward James Olmos
as El Pachuco
Kelly Ward
as Tommy / Thomas Roberts
Charles Aidman
as George Shearer
Laura Leyva
as Elena
Sal Lopez
as Hobo
Kim Miyori
as Manchaka
Mike Gomez
as Joey / Jose Torres
Dennis Stewart
as Dennis Stewart
Lupe Ontiveros
as Dolores
Marco Rodríguez
as Smiley / Ismael Torres
Alma Martinez
as Lupe
Francis X. McCarthy
as Press
Rose Portillo
as Della
Kurtwood Smith
as Sergeant Smith
John Anderson
as Judge F.W. Charles
Ed Peck
as Lieutenant Edwards
