Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
- based on novel or book
- new mexico
- hispanoamerican
- hispanic
- farmer
- mexican american
- gun shooting
- farming community
- guardian angel
- land developer
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Rubén Blades
Sheriff Bernabe Montoya
Richard Bradford
Ladd Devine
Sonia Braga
Ruby Archuleta
Julie Carmen
Nancy Mondragon
- James Gammon — Horsethief Shorty
- Melanie Griffith — Flossie Devine
- John Heard — Charlie Bloom
- Carlos Riquelme — Marshal Amarante Cordova
- Daniel Stern — Herbie Platt
- Chick Vennera — Joe Mondragon
- Christopher Walken — Kyril Montana
- Freddy Fender — Mayor Sammy Cantu
- Tony Genaro — Nick Rael
- Jerry Hardin — Emerson Capps
- Ronald G. Joseph — Jerry G
- Directed
- Robert Redford
- Written
- John Nichols, David S. Ward
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 100 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
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