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The Children of Sanchez

6.519782h 6mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorHall Bartlett
WritersHall Bartlett·Cesare Zavattini
ProducerHall Bartlett

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Cast · Directed by Hall Bartlett

AQAnthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Jesús Sánchez
DRDolores del Río
Dolores del Río
Grandma Paquita
LFLupita Ferrer
Lupita Ferrer
Consuelo Sánchez
KJKaty Jurado
Katy Jurado
Chata
SGStathis Giallelis
Stathis Giallelis
Roberto Sánchez
LMLucía Méndez
Lucía Méndez
Martha Sánchez
DQ
Duncan Quinn
Manuel Sánchez
HBHéctor Bonilla
Héctor Bonilla
Mario
PAPatricia Aspíllaga
Patricia Aspíllaga
PSPatricia Reyes Spíndola
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
JRJosé Carlos Ruiz
José Carlos Ruiz
HRHelena Rojo
Helena Rojo

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