American Playhouse The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Movie Information

The entire cause of the problem evolves from the use of a deputy to translate. His command of Spanish is inadequate and he mistranslates what a witness tells the sheriff as to whether the real perpetrator of the crime is riding a mare (yegua) or a male horse (caballo). This error results in destroying a family and the death of an innocent man.—Dave Anderson

Director:

Robert M. Young

Writer:

Américo Paredes, Victor Villaseñor, Robert M. Young

Actors:

Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower