Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.
Direction
Young's bilingual structure forces you to mistrust your own eyes.
Editing
Same scenes, different angles—form becomes political argument.
Acting
Olmos speaks volumes in silence; his Cortez is dignity itself.
Director
Robert M. Young
Edward James Olmos
Gregorio Cortez
James Gammon
Sheriff Frank Fly
Tom Bower
Boone Chate
Bruce McGill
Reporter Blakely
Brion James
Captain Rogers
Alan Vint
Mike Trimmell
Timothy Scott
Sheriff Morris
Pepe Serna
Romaldo Cortez
Michael McGuire
Sheriff Glover
William Sanderson
Cowboy
Barry Corbin
B. R. Abernathy
Jack Kehoe
Prosecutor Pierson
Rosanna DeSoto
Carlotta Muñoz
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