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.

Cast

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Daniel Valdez

Henry Reyna

Edward James Olmos

El Pachuco

Charles Aidman

George Shearer

Tyne Daly

Alice Bloomfield

John Anderson

Judge F.W. Charles

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Abel Franco

Enrique

Mike Gomez

Joey / Jose Torres

Alma Martinez

Lupe

Francis X. McCarthy

Press

Lupe Ontiveros

Dolores

Ed Peck

Lieutenant Edwards

Robert Phalen

District Attorney