La Banda del Carro Rojo (1978)

Director
Rubén Galindo

Main cast
Pedro Infante Jr.; Mario Almada; Fernando Almada; Jorge Patiño; Los Tigres del Norte

Genres
Crime, Drama

Description
Drug dealers try to cross the US border.


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