The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Released on
Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
•- Runtime
- 121 mins
(576 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Barry Pepper
- Dwight Yoakam
- January Jones
- Melissa Leo
- Julio Cesar Cedillo
- Levon Helm
- Mel Rodriguez
- Cecilia Suárez
- Ignacio Guadalupe
- Vanessa Bauche
- Irineo Alvarez
- Guillermo Arriaga
- Josh Berry
- Rodger Boyce
- Sonny Carl Davis
- Richard Andrew Jones
- Sean Hennigan
- Terry Dale Parks
- Brent Smiga
- Gustavo Sánchez Parra
- Diana Chavez
- Maya Zapata
Director
- Tommy Lee Jones
Producers
- Michael Fitzgerald
- Luc Besson
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Screenwriter
- Guillermo Arriaga