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Duration: 2 hours

When a rookie patrolman in a US border town mistakenly kills the Mexican illegal immigrant Melquiades Estrada, he hastily buries him in the desert. When the body is found, Estrada's friend Pete Perkins kidnaps the patrolman and takes him with him on a journey across the border, to bury the body in his home town.

Last on

Sun 5 Feb 2012 00:55 BBC Two only on Wales

Credits

Pete Perkins
Tommy Lee Jones
Mike Norton
Barry Pepper
Melquiades Estrada
Julio Cedillo
Belmont
Dwight Yoakam
Lou Ann Norton
January Jones
Rachel
Melissa Leo
Old Man with Radio
Levon Helm
Captain Gomez
Mel Rodriguez
Mariana
Vanessa Bauche
Manuel
Irineo Alvarez
Director
Tommy Lee Jones
Producer
Michael Fitzgerald
Producer
Tommy Lee Jones
Writer
Guillermo Arriaga

Broadcasts

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