Zoot Suit 1981

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.

Cast:

Daniel Valdez
Henry Reyna 

Edward James Olmos
El Pachuco 

Charles Aidman
George Shearer 

Tyne Daly
Alice Bloomfield 

John Anderson
Judge F.W. Charles 

Abel Franco
Enrique