At a Lame Pace

"... and one day they discovered that, lacking a leg, an arm, an eye, they had plenty of desire to fight, to enjoy, to steal, to rape ... to live!"

1980

2h 2m

4.5(8 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Luis Manuel Pelayo

Priest

Bruno Rey

Commander

Roberto 'El Flaco' Guzmán

The One-Eyed Man

Noé Murayama

Matias, the Blind Man

Roberto Cobo

Julio Alejandro Lobato

Captain

Enrique Lucero

Cojo

Yolanda Ochoa

Mario Zebadúa

Gabriel Retes

Ramón, the Fool

Creative team

Directed by: Luis Alcoriza

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