The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
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.
- Released
- 2005-11-17
- Genres
- Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tommy Lee Jones
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 687 votes
Cast
- Tommy Lee Jones as Pete Perkins
- Barry Pepper as Mike Norton
- Dwight Yoakam as Sheriff Frank Belmont
- January Jones as Lou Ann Norton
- Melissa Leo as Rachel
- Julio Cesar Cedillo as Melquiades Estrada
- Levon Helm as Old Man with Radio
- Mel Rodriguez as Captain Gomez
- Cecilia Suárez as Rosa
- Ignacio Guadalupe as Lucio
- Vanessa Bauche as Mariana
- Irineo Alvarez as Manuel