Directed by:
Stephen PurvisScreenplay:
Chris HaddockCast:
Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Weitz, Glenn Plummer, Caia Coley, Peter Onorati, Shelley Malil, Edoardo Ballerini, Pat Crawford Brown, Tracy Middendorf (more)Plots(1)
El Cortez is the story of an autistic man who attempts to start a new life after his incarceration. After five years in a prison for the criminally insane, Manny (Lou Diamond Phillips) returns to Reno. He moves into a motel and takes a job as a clerk at the Hotel El Cortez. He is befriended by Popcorn (Bruce Weitz), a crippled prospector who seeks his help to persuade Russo (Peter Onorati), a wealthy gambler, to invest in Popcorn’s gold mine. But Manny cannot escape his past and is soon caught in a labyrinth that leads to a murderous triple cross. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Lou Diamond Phillips
Philippines
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
La Bamba (1987)
The Big Hit (1998)
Bruce Weitz
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Joe and Max (2002) (TV movie)
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997) (TV movie)
Glenn Plummer
USA
Best movies:
The Corner (2000) (series)
Gifted (2017)
Speed (1994)
Caia Coley
USA
Best movies:
Wilde Salome (2011)
A Nanny for Christmas (2010)
Taken Away (2014) (TV movie)
Peter Onorati
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Batman vs. Robin (2015)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Shelley Malil
India
Best movies:
Holes (2003)
The Second Civil War (1997) (TV movie)
Mr. Fix It (2006)
Edoardo Ballerini
USA
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Quarry (2016) (series)
Experimenter (2015)
Pat Crawford Brown
USA
Best movies:
Dark Skies (1996) (series)
Sister Act (1992)
18 Again! (1988)
Tracy Middendorf
USA
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
For Love of the Game (1999)
Reaching for the Moon (2013)
James McDaniel
USA
Joseph Griffin
Canada
Best movies:
John Woo's Once a Thief (1996) (series)
Renegades (1989)
Milgaard (1999) (TV movie)
Scott Cummins
Best movies:
Normal Life (1996)