El Corrido: Ballad of a Farmworker (1976)
1h 49m
Running Time
November 4, 1976
Release Date
El Corrido: Ballad of a Farmworker (1976)
1h 49m
Running Time
November 4, 1976
Release Date
Plot.
The film stars Felix Alvarez as Jesus Pelado Rasquachi, a young Mexican man who travels to the United States in search of work, suffering various unfortunate and comical events along the way.
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Cast & Crew.
Félix Álvarez
Jesus Pelado Rasquachi
Lily Álvarez
Rasquachi's Wife
Daniel Camacho
Olivia Chumancero
Socorro Cruz
José Delgado
Phil Esparza
Roberta Esparza
Daniel Valdez
Beto
Rick Espinoza
Della Gonzales
Luis Valdez
Director / Writer
Julio Gonzales
Andrés Gutierrez
Ernesto Hernández
Noe Montoya
Details.
Wiki.
El Corrido is a 1976 musical comedy made for TV film directed and written by Luis Valdez, and produced by El Teatro Campesino. The film was adapted from Valdez's stage musical La Gran Carpa de los Rasquachis, which was also produced with El Teatro Campesino. El Corrido was aired on PBS on November 4, 1976 as part of its Ballad of a Farmworker television series on the series Visions.
The film stars Felix Alvarez as Jesus Pelado Rasquachi, a young Mexican man who travels to the United States in search of work, suffering various unfortunate and comical events along the way.