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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

US:: R Adventure Crime Drama Mystery Western

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.

Updated May 9 2020

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US -

2006-02-02

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Keywords:

border patrol united states–mexico barrier promise desert

FACTS

Runtime: 121 mins Revenue: $12,036,149 Budget: $15,000,000 Rating: 7.1 Tag Line: Nobody is beyond redemption.

Cast

Vanessa Bauche

Mariana

Guillermo Arriaga

Juan

Tommy Lee Jones

Doolittle Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited)

Melissa Leo

Rachel

Barry Pepper

Mike Norton

Dwight Yoakam

Belmont

Cecilia Suárez

Rosa

January Jones

Lou Ann Norton