La Cucaracha (1998)
It's High Noon in Hell
A desperate writer fights for survival when the Mexican mob involves him in murder.
- Date of release
- 1998-05-14
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Jack Perez
Casting
- Eric Roberts — Walter Pool
- Joaquim de Almeida — Jose Guerra
- Victor Rivers — Herberto Ortega
- James McManus — Louis Graves
- Tara Crespo — Lourdes Aguirre
- Michael Peña — Orderly
- Alejandro Patiño — Fruit Vendor
- Enrique Renaldo — Manuel
- Aixa Maldonado — Woman Patient
- Ana Mercedes — Hotel Proprietor
- Felicia Kamriani — Louis' Wife
- Fred Herrera — Los Trovadores Mariachi Band Member
Interesting facts
La Cucaracha is a 1998 American film directed by Jack Perez and starring Eric Roberts and Joaquim de Almeida. The film follows the story of Walter Pool, a down on his luck wannabe novelist, who receives an offer of $100,000 to kill an alleged child killer. Walter needs the money desperately for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that he is infatuated with a local woman and he feels as though he has nothing to offer to her. He accepts the offer only to find out that the task of killing another human being is much more difficult than he thought, especially when it turns out that his intended victim is not really a child killer.
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