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Walk Proud
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert L. Collins
Written byEvan Hunter
Produced byLawrence Turman
StarringRobby Benson
Sarah Holcomb
CinematographyBobby Byrne
Edited byDouglas Stewart
Music byRobby Benson
Don Peake
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1979 (1979-06-15)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.4 million[1]

Walk Proud is a 1979 hood drama film directed by Robert L. Collins and written by Evan Hunter and starring Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow, Pepe Serna, Trinidad Silva and Ji-Tu Cumbuka. It was released on June 15, 1979, by Universal Pictures.[2][3][4]

Premise

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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.

Cast

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  • Robby Benson as Emilio Mendez
  • Sarah Holcomb as Sarah Lassiter
  • Henry Darrow as Mike Serrano
  • Pepe Serna as Cesar
  • Trinidad Silva as Dagger
  • Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Sgt. Gannett
  • Lawrence Pressman as Henry Lassiter
  • Domingo Ambriz as Cowboy
  • Brad Sullivan as Jerry Kelsey
  • Irene DeBari as Mrs. Mendez
  • Eloy Casados as Hugo
  • Daniel Faraldo as El Tigre
  • Tony Alvarenga as Paco
  • Aesop Aquarian as Hippo
  • Benjie Bancroft as Police Guard
  • Gary Carlos Cervantes as Carlos
  • Tim Culbertson as Police Guard
  • Lee Fraser as Johnny
  • Panchito Gómez as Manuel
  • Joe Jacobs as Store Owner
  • Bill Lopresto as Ice Cream Vendor
  • Claudio Martínez as Vincente
  • Rod Masterson as Policeman #2
  • Patricia A. Morales as Church Singer
  • Dennis O'Flaherty as Policeman #1
  • Rose Portillo as Katie
  • Luis Reyes as El Español
  • Eduardo Ricard as Priest
  • Ángel Salazar as Angel
  • Judith Searle as Abigail Lassiter
  • Tony Steinhart as Interrogation Officer
  • Felipe Turich as Prayer Maker
  • Jose Ramiro Salazar as an unidentified gang member

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "AFI|Catalog".
  2. ↑ "Walk Proud (1979) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Vincent Canby (June 15, 1979). "Movie Review - Walk Proud - Film: 'Walk Proud' Is Upbeat Gang Movie:West Coast Story". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Walk Proud". Afi.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
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