The Children of Sanchez

2h 6m

6.1

Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.

Cast

Jesús Sánchez

Dolores del Río

Grandma Paquita

Consuelo Sánchez

Stathis Giallelis

Roberto Sánchez

Martha Sánchez

Manuel Sánchez

Héctor Bonilla

Patricia Aspíllaga

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

José Carlos Ruiz

Josefina Echánove

Sergio Calderón

Farnesio de Bernal

Juan Carlos Bonet

Jaime Jiménez Pons

Jeniffer Demello

Paola Jiménez Pons

Arturo Rodríguez Doring

Marta Barrientos

Alejandra Ortiz

Alicia del Lago

Fernando Garcia

Ignacio López Tarso

Armando Silvestre

Mr. Chaparro (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Writer, Producer

Cesare Zavattini

Marshall M. Borden

Gabriel Figueroa

Director of Photography

Joaquín Garrido

William Ware Theiss

Assistant Makeup Artist

Edward L. Thirlwell

Sound Recordist

Michael Galloway

Original Music Composer

Enrique Estévez

Set Decoration, Art Direction

Dennis Brookins

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