Walk Proud

Walk Proud

Movie 1979-06-15 1h 42m Drama Romance
★ 5.4 / 10 · 7 votes

Emilio Mendez is a 17-year-old Chicano man 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.

Status
Released
Studio
Universal Pictures
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Director
Robert L. Collins
Cast
Robby Benson Robby Benson Emilio Mendez Sarah Holcomb Sarah Holcomb Sarah Lassiter Henry Darrow Henry Darrow Mike Serrano Pepe Serna Pepe Serna Cesar Trinidad Silva Trinidad Silva Dagger Ji-Tu Cumbuka Ji-Tu Cumbuka Sgt. Gannett Lawrence Pressman Lawrence Pressman Henry Lassiter Domingo Ambriz Domingo Ambriz Cowboy Brad Sullivan Brad Sullivan Jerry Kelsey Irene DeBari Irene DeBari Mrs. Mendez Panchito Gómez Panchito Gómez Manuel
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