07 Feb 1952
Viva Zapata!
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
At a Lame Pace
... and one day they discovered that, lacking a leg, an arm, an eye, they had plenty of desire to fight, to enjoy, to steal, to rape ... to live!
Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.
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Luis Manuel Pelayo 
Bruno Rey 
Roberto 'El Flaco' Guzmán 
Noé Murayama 
Roberto Cobo Julio Alejandro Lobato 
Enrique Lucero Yolanda Ochoa 
Mario Zebadúa 
Gabriel Retes 
Carlos Nieto 
Carmen Salinas 
Gregorio Casal 
Rebeca Silva Rodrigo Puebla Elsa Benn José René Ruiz Erika Carlsson 
María Cardinal
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