Los Locos (1997)

Director
Jean-Marc Vallée

Main cast
Mario Van Peebles; Rene Auberjonois; Tom Dorfmeister; Paul Lazar; Rusty Schwimmer

Genres
Western

Description
In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.


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