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Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes55%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Luis ValdezDirector
- Luis ValdezWriter
Cast
- Daniel ValdezHenry Reyna
- Edward James OlmosEl Pachuco
- Charles AidmanGeorge Shearer
- Tyne DalyAlice Bloomfield
- John AndersonJudge F.W. Charles
- Abel FrancoEnrique
- Mike GomezJoey / Jose Torres
- Alma MartinezLupe
- Francis X. McCarthyPress
- Lupe OntiverosDolores
- Ed PeckLieutenant Edwards
- Robert PhalenDistrict Attorney
Stills
Themes
musicalmexican americansan quentin