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American Me

American Me (1992)★ 7.1/10

R · US · 125 min · March 13, 1992

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Biography

Directed by: Edward James Olmos

Written by: Floyd Mutrux, Desmond Nakano

After years leading a powerful prison gang, Santana is released into a changed Los Angeles and struggles to break free from the violence that defined his life.

Directed by

Edward James Olmos

Written by

Floyd MutruxDesmond Nakano

Cast & crew

Edward James OlmosMontoya SantanaWilliam ForsytheJDSal LopezPedro SantanaVira MontesEsperanza SantanaRoberto Martín MárquezAchaDyana OrtelliYolandaJoe AubelTattoo ArtistRob GarrettZoot Riot BystanderLance AugustYoung SailorCody GlennOlder SailorDon PugsleyPolice OfficerPanchito GómezYoung Montoya SantanaAlbert Joe Medina Jr.Street MechanicAlex SolísStreet MechanicRaymond AmezquitaAbuelitoSteve WilcoxYoung JDRichard CocaYoung MundoJavier CastellanosHazard KidRichard Lee-SungRestaurant OwnerEric CloseJuvie Hall AttackerChristian KlemashBlond Kid in YardBrian HolechekJuvie OfficerRigoberto JimenezBig HappyPepe SernaMundoDaniel A. HaroHueroCary-Hiroyuki TagawaEl JapoDomingo AmbrizPie FaceRon ThompsonJunkieGlenn SheltonVisiting Room GuardScott JohnstadVisiting Room GuardAbraham VerduzcoPaulito - age 7Grace MorleyJD's FriendDanny De La PazPuppetVic TrevinoCheetahRobby RobinsonDrug ThiefPaul BollenDocGuillermo PérezWillie-VatoDaniel VillarrealLittle PuppetRobert ChavezSparkyRafael H. RobledoEl ChuckoModesto M. SanchezMoDennis Ryan SaccoPaulito - age 11Michael ShanerTony Scagnelli, Jr.Tom S. VentimigliaSegregation GuardWilliam FetzerProcessing GuardThomas Richard Gorman IIIProcessing GuardGeorge PadillaMundo's AttorneyHumberto MadrigalVenenoJaime GomezEddieJose GuardadoSamsonJacob VargasPaulito - age 15Daniel LujanMico (age 9)Evelina FernándezJulieRodney RinconShoe SalesmanJohn RangelNelo - age 15Robert PucciBodyguardTony GiorgioDon Antonio ScagnelliSabino Villa LobosTin ManArmando BrisenoChuyMauricio Ernesto AnzuetoBam BamManny PerryArthur JBennie MooreRonnie LittleAlex BrownEddie JohnsonWilliam SmithDeaconGerald Lynn WalkerBGF MemberWilliam T. AmosTankIrma Aurea GarcíaLourdesRobert AlvarezRalphyKen MedlockCopRolando MolinaCopAna LizarragaJulie's MotherSteven CisnerosChivoDawud AbdullahPrison Inmate (uncredited)Art BonillaNF Gangleader (uncredited)Tom BowerDornan (uncredited)Marc CinquantaSailor (uncredited)Kevin GardnerSailor (uncredited)P. RaymondSailor (uncredited)Jessica RussellWaitress (uncredited)Dennis Walter Smith Sr.Interviewer (uncredited)Dave SmithPrison inmate (uncredited)