Walk Proud

Walk Proud (1979)

Genres - Drama, Romance, Crime  |   Release Date - Jun 15, 1979 (USA - Unknown), Jun 15, 1979 (USA)  |   Run Time - 102 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

In this drama, a Chicano gang member falls in love with a beautiful, wealthy Anglo girl. She tries to get him to leave the gang, but the young man is too deeply involved in being macho to listen. Then his grandmother dies and he travels to Mexico for the funeral. There his mother decides to introduce him to his estranged father, a boozy Anglo-American neer-do-well. Seeing his father causes the boy to take a good look at himself. He decides he wants a better life. He tries to leave the gang and they end up beating him senseless. Still he persists, and soon he is reunited with the girl he loves.

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forbidden-love, going-straight, one-against-odds, gangster, walking