The Children of Sanchez
57 %|Jun 16, 1978|Drama
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
Featured Crew
Hall Bartlett
Director
Cesare Zavattini
Writer
Elda Loza
Makeup Artist
Oscar Lewis
Novel
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
Dennis Brookins
Negative Cutter
Michael Galloway
Sound
Joaquín Garrido
Casting
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Cast
Anthony Quinn
Jesús Sánchez
Dolores del Río
Grandma Paquita
Lupita Ferrer
Consuelo Sánchez
Katy Jurado
Chata
Stathis Giallelis
Roberto Sánchez
Lucía Méndez
Martha Sánchez
Duncan Quinn
Manuel Sánchez
Héctor Bonilla
Mario
Sergio Calderón
Alberto
Carmen Montejo
Aunt Guadalupe
Ignacio López Tarso
Ignacio
Armando Silvestre
Mr. Chaparro (uncredited)
Irán Eory
(uncredited)