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.
Daniel Valdez
as Henry Reyna
Edward James Olmos
as El Pachuco
Charles Aidman
as George Shearer
Tyne Daly
as Alice Bloomfield
John Anderson
as Judge F.W. Charles
Abel Franco
as Enrique
Mike Gomez
as Joey / Jose Torres
Alma Martinez
as Lupe
Francis X. McCarthy
as Press
Lupe Ontiveros
as Dolores
Ed Peck
as Lieutenant Edwards
Robert Phalen
as District Attorney
