The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Name: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo

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When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Tommy Lee JonesWriter: Guillermo ArriagaProducers: Luc Besson, Michael Fitzgerald, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Tommy Lee Jones

as Pete Perkins

Barry Pepper

as Mike Norton

Dwight Yoakam

as Sheriff Frank Belmont

January Jones

as Lou Ann Norton

Melissa Leo

as Rachel

Julio Cesar Cedillo

as Melquiades Estrada

Levon Helm

as Old Man with Radio

Mel Rodriguez

as Captain Gomez

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