Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in 2016.
Edward James Olmos
as Gregorio Cortez
James Gammon
as Sheriff Frank Fly
Tom Bower
as Boone Chate
Bruce McGill
as Reporter Blakely
Brion James
as Captain Rogers
Alan Vint
as Mike Trimmell
Timothy Scott
as Sheriff Morris
Pepe Serna
as Romaldo Cortez
Michael McGuire
as Sheriff Glover
William Sanderson
as Cowboy
Barry Corbin
as B. R. Abernathy
Jack Kehoe
as Prosecutor Pierson
