Zoot Suit

Oct 2, 1981

1h 43m

★ 6.1

An American original.

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Zoot Suit Trailers

Cast

Henry Reyna

Daniel Valdez

El Pachuco

Edward James Olmos

George Shearer

Charles Aidman

Alice Bloomfield

Tyne Daly

Judge F.W. Charles

John Anderson

Enrique

Abel Franco

Joey / Jose Torres

Mike Gomez

Lupe

Alma Martinez

Press

Francis X. McCarthy

Dolores

Lupe Ontiveros

Lieutenant Edwards

Ed Peck

District Attorney

Robert Phalen

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