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At a Lame Pace
At a Lame Pace

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!

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Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

29 May 1980

Country

Mexico

Cast

Luis Manuel Pelayo

Luis Manuel Pelayo

Bruno Rey

Bruno Rey

Roberto 'El Flaco' Guzmán

Roberto 'El Flaco' Guzmán

Noé Murayama

Noé Murayama

Roberto Cobo

Roberto Cobo

Julio Alejandro Lobato

Julio Alejandro Lobato

Enrique Lucero

Enrique Lucero

Yolanda Ochoa

Yolanda Ochoa

Mario Zebadúa

Mario Zebadúa

Gabriel Retes

Gabriel Retes

Carlos Nieto

Carlos Nieto

Carmen Salinas

Carmen Salinas

Gregorio Casal

Gregorio Casal

Rebeca Silva

Rebeca Silva

Rodrigo Puebla

Rodrigo Puebla

Elsa Benn

Elsa Benn

José René Ruiz

José René Ruiz

Erika Carlsson

Erika Carlsson

María Cardinal

María Cardinal

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