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Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives...
Original Release
02/05/1993
US Release
02/05/1993
Cast
Name | Character |
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Damian Chapa | Miklo |
Jesse Borrego | Cruz |
Benjamin Bratt | Paco |
Enrique Castillo | Montana |
Victor Rivers | Magic Mike |
Delroy Lindo | Bonafide |
Tom Towles | Red Ryder |
Carlos Carrasco | Popeye |
Teddy Wilson | Wallace |
Raymond Cruz | Chuey |
Directors
Writers
Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ross Thomas, Jeremy Iacone, Floyd Mutrux
Cast
Name | Character |
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Damian Chapa | Miklo |
Jesse Borrego | Cruz |
Benjamin Bratt | Paco |
Enrique Castillo | Montana |
Victor Rivers | Magic Mike |
Delroy Lindo | Bonafide |
Tom Towles | Red Ryder |
Carlos Carrasco | Popeye |
Teddy Wilson | Wallace |
Raymond Cruz | Chuey |
Valente Rodriguez | Frankie |
Lanny Flaherty | Big Al |
Billy Bob Thornton | Lightning |
Geoffrey Rivas | Carlos |
Karmin Murcelo | Dolores |
Jenny Gago | Lupe |
Noah Verduzco | Juanito |
Lupe Ontiveros | Carmen |
Gary Carlos Cervantes | Smokey |
Victor Mohica | Mano |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jimmy Santiago Baca | Executive Producer |
Jeremy Iacone | Executive Producer |
Stratton Leopold | Executive Producer |
Rene Sheridan | Executive Producer |
Taylor Hackford | Producer |
Gina Blumenfeld | Producer |
Jerry Gershwin | Producer |
Ray K. Morris | Producer |