Movie Description
Walk Proud
(1979)Overview
Emilio Mendez is a 17-year-old Chicano in California comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out. Robby Benson plays a young gang member in Los Angeles who begins to question himself when Mendez meets and starts to fall for a White girl who encourages him to try and leave. Emilio, with great pride in his Native Mexican heritage, suffers a further identity crisis upon meeting his father, a European-American who got his Brown mother pregnant when she was just 16.
Featured Crew
- Director : Robert L. Collins
- Producer : Lawrence Turman
- Writer : Evan Hunter
- Editor : Douglas Stewart
- Cast : Robby Benson,Sarah Holcomb,Henry Darrow,Pepe Serna,Trinidad Silva,Ji-Tu Cumbuka,Lawrence Pressman,Domingo Ambriz,Brad Sullivan,Irene DeBari,Panchito Gómez
Cast
Emilio Mendez
Sarah Lassiter
Mike Serrano
Cesar
Dagger
Sgt. Gannett
Henry Lassiter
Cowboy
Jerry Kelsey
Mrs. Mendez
Manuel
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Facts
Original TitleWalk Proud
Status Released
Release Information
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1979-06-15
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 42m
Production CompaniesUniversal Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
