The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Overview

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

Details

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones

Pete Perkins

Barry Pepper

Mike Norton

Dwight Yoakam

Sheriff Frank Belmont

January Jones

Lou Ann Norton

Melissa Leo

Rachel

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Melquiades Estrada

Levon Helm

Old Man with Radio

Mel Rodriguez

Captain Gomez

Cecilia Suárez

Rosa

Ignacio Guadalupe

Lucio

Vanessa Bauche

Mariana

Irineo Alvarez

Manuel

Guillermo Arriaga

Juan

Josh Berry

Border Patrolman

Rodger Boyce

Salesman

Sonny Carl Davis

Kruger

Richard Andrew Jones

Bob

Sean Hennigan

Chuck

Terry Dale Parks

Neil

Brent Smiga

Deputy Antonio