Overview
In 1901, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez is forced on the run from Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days following a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman.
Ratings
IMDb
7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Key crew
- Robert M. YoungDirector
- Victor VillaseñorScreenplay
- Robert M. YoungScreenplay
- W. Michael LewisOriginal Music Composer
- Edward James OlmosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Edward James OlmosGregorio Cortez
- James GammonSheriff Frank Fly
- Tom BowerBoone Chate
- Bruce McGillReporter Blakely
- Brion JamesCaptain Rogers
- Alan VintMike Trimmell
- Timothy ScottSheriff Morris
- Pepe SernaRomaldo Cortez
- Michael McGuireSheriff Glover
- William SandersonCowboy
- Barry CorbinB. R. Abernathy
- Jack KehoeProsecutor Pierson
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Themes
sheriffbased on novel or booktexastexas rangerself-defensesubjectivityfolk herobased on true storyfugitivepossemexican americanmultiple perspectives