American Me

Release Date:

Mar 13, 1992

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:05

Genre:

Crime Drama

Director:

Edward James Olmos

Cast:

Edward James Olmos	Montoya Santana
William Forsythe	J.D.
Pepe Serna	Mundo
Danny De La Paz	Puppet
Evelina Fernandez	Julie
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	El Japo
Daniel Villareal	Little Puppet
Sal Lopez	Pedro Santana
Daniel A. Haro	Huero
Vira Montes	Esperanza Santana
Domingo Ambriz	Pieface
Vic Trevino	Cheetah
Tom Bower	Dornan (uncredited)
Panchito Gomez	Young Montoya Santana
Steve Wilcox	Young J.D.
Richard Coca	Young Mundo

Producers:

Lou Adler , Floyd Mutrux , Robert M. Young , Edward James Olmos , Sean Daniel

Writers:

Floyd Mutrux

Language:

English

Related Programs:

The Godfather

Straight Time

As a young man, Montoya Santana is introduced to gang life on the tough streets of Los Angeles after spending his youth in reform school. Soon Santana finds himself facing an 18-year prison sentence. In jail, he works his way to the top of the institution's violent drug trade, but, on his release from prison, he opts for a redemptive, family-centered lifestyle. However, his gangster friends try to force him back into illegal activities.

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