Zoot Suit

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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  Luis Valdez

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  Daniel Valdez
  Henry Reyna
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  Edward James Olmos
  El Pachuco
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  Charles Aidman
  George Shearer
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  Tyne Daly
  Alice Bloomfield
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  John Anderson
  Judge F.W. Charles
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  Abel Franco
  Enrique
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  Mike Gomez
  Joey / Jose Torres
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  Alma Martinez
  Lupe
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  Francis X. McCarthy
  Press
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  Lupe Ontiveros
  Dolores
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  Ed Peck
  Lieutenant Edwards
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  Robert Phalen
  District Attorney
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  Tony Plana
  Rudy
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  Rose Portillo
  Della
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  Marco Rodríguez
  Smiley / Ismael Torres
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  Kelly Ward
  Tommy / Thomas Roberts
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  Helena Andreyko
  Blondie
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  Bob Basso
  The Bailiff
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  Darlene Bryan
  Little Blue
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  Bernadette Colognne
  Legs