Release Date
1981-10-02
Status
Released
Original Title
Zoot Suit
Runtime
1h 43m
Revenue
$3,256,694
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
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.
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