At a Lame Pace
... and one day they discovered that, lacking a leg, an arm, an eye, they had plenty of desire to fight, to enjoy, to steal, to rape ... to live!
Genres
Overview
Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
122 min
Release Date
1980-05-29
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
4.5
Luis Manuel Pelayo
Priest
Bruno Rey
Commander
Roberto 'El Flaco' Guzmán
The One-Eyed Man
Noé Murayama
Matias, the Blind Man
Roberto Cobo
Julio Alejandro Lobato
Captain
Enrique Lucero
Cojo
Yolanda Ochoa
Mario Zebadúa
Gabriel Retes
Ramón, the Fool
Carlos Nieto
Cojo
Carmen Salinas
The Pig's Wife
Gregorio Casal
Sergeant
Rebeca Silva
The Violated Woman
Rodrigo Puebla
Elsa Benn
José René Ruiz
Erika Carlsson
Mother Superior
María Cardinal
Colonel's Girlfriend
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