The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

• 7.0 Adventure
• 2005-11-17
• 121 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Tommy Lee Jones (Pete Perkins) Barry Pepper (Mike Norton) Dwight Yoakam (Sheriff Frank Belmont) January Jones (Lou Ann Norton) Melissa Leo (Rachel) Julio Cesar Cedillo (Melquiades Estrada) Levon Helm (Old Man with Radio) Mel Rodriguez (Captain Gomez) Cecilia Suárez (Rosa) Ignacio Guadalupe (Lucio)

Director:

Tommy Lee Jones

Writer:

Guillermo Arriaga