The Children of Sanchez (1978)
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
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Anthony Quinn
as Jesús Sánchez
Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), known professionally as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican-American actor. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially s...
Dolores del Río
as Grandma Paquita
Dolores del Río (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983) was a Mexican film actress.
She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Later in life, she became an im...
Lupita Ferrer
as Consuelo Sánchez
Katy Jurado
as Chata
Katy Jurado (16 January 1924 – 5 July 2002), born María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García, was a Mexican stage and screen actress.
Jurado had already established herself as an actress in Mexico i...
Stathis Giallelis
as Roberto Sánchez
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Stathis Giallelis (born 21 January 1941) is a Greek actor who, in the early 1960s, won brief international renown as the star of Elia Kazan's Academy Award-nomi...
Lucía Méndez
as Martha Sánchez
Lucía Méndez (January 26, 1955) is a Mexican actress and singer, born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. She gained fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her powerful vocals and captivating performances in music...
Director
Hall Bartlett
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