The Milagro Beanfield War

• 6.45 Comedy
• 1988-03-18
• 117 minutes mins

The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.

Starring:

Rubén Blades (Sheriff Bernabe Montoya) Richard Bradford (Ladd Devine) Sônia Braga (Ruby Archuleta) Julie Carmen (Nancy Mondragon) James Gammon (Horsethief Shorty) Melanie Griffith (Flossie Devine) John Heard (Charlie Bloom) Carlos Riquelme (Marshal Amarante Cordova) Daniel Stern (Herbie Platt) Chick Vennera (Joe Mondragon)

Director:

Robert Redford

Writer:

John Nichols David S. Ward