El Cortez

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El Cortez

2006

1h 34m

5.6(19 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.

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9 members

Acting

Lou Diamond Phillips

Manny DeSilva

Acting

Bruce Weitz

Popcorn

Acting

Glenn Plummer

Jack Clay

Acting

Tracy Middendorf

Theda

Acting

James McDaniel

Arnie

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Peter Onorati

Carlo Russo

Acting

Shelley Malil

Prison Doctor

Acting

Caia Coley

Louise

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Kathleen LaGue

Waitress

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