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Zoot Suit
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Luis Valdez Director
- Daniel Valdez as Henry Reyna
- Edward James Olmos as El Pachuco
- Charles Aidman as George Shearer
- Tyne Daly as Alice Bloomfield
- John Anderson as Judge F.W. Charles
- Abel Franco as Enrique
- Mike Gomez as Joey / Jose Torres
- Alma Martinez as Lupe (as Alma Rosa Martínez)
- Francis X. McCarthy Cast
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