Movie Details
Theatrical Release:October 2nd, 1981
On DVD & Blu-ray:May 27th, 2003
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Movie Box Office Gross:$3,256,694 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures
Zoot Suit (1981)
Movie"An American original."
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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.
