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The Children of Sanchez

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Calorie Rating: 177
Released: 1978-06-16
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Studios: Carmel Enterprises, Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE), Hall Bartlett Productions,


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.

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Cast

Anthony Quinn
Character: Jesús Sánchez
Dolores del Río
Character: Grandma Paquita
Lupita Ferrer
Character: Consuelo Sánchez

Katy Jurado
Character: Chata
Stathis Giallelis
Character: Roberto Sánchez
Lucía Méndez
Character: Martha Sánchez

Duncan Quinn
Character: Manuel Sánchez
Héctor Bonilla
Character: Mario




Sergio Calderón
Character: Alberto






Carmen Montejo
Character: Aunt Guadalupe
Ignacio López Tarso
Character: Ignacio
Armando Silvestre
Character: Mr. Chaparro (uncredited)

Irán Eory
Character: (uncredited)


Production and Crew


Chuck Mangione
Original Music Composer
Gabriel Figueroa
Director of Photography

Dennis Brookins
Negative Cutter

Enrique Estévez
Art Direction
Enrique Estévez
Set Decoration

Bill Thomas
Costume Design
William Ware Theiss
Costume Design
Elda Loza
Makeup Artist

Alberto López
Assistant Makeup Artist
Cruz Carrasco
Sound Recordist

Steve Maslow
Sound Mixer
Mick Guzauski
Sound Mixer