Released:
1981-10-02

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.

Director:
Luis Valdez

Runtime:
1h 43min

Genre:
Drama, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Daniel Valdez
  as
  Henry Reyna
• 
  Edward James Olmos
  as
  El Pachuco
• 
  Charles Aidman
  as
  George Shearer
• 
  Tyne Daly
  as
  Alice Bloomfield
• 
  John Anderson
  as
  Judge F.W. Charles