Movie
The Mexican
Overview
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
Details
- Release date
- 2001-03-01
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Newmarket Films, Lawrence Bender Productions, Pistolero Productions, DreamWorks Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brad Pitt as Jerry Welbach
- Julia Roberts as Samantha Barzel
- James Gandolfini as Winston Baldry
- J.K. Simmons as Ted Slocum
- David Krumholtz as Beck
- Bob Balaban as Bernie Nayman
- Gene Hackman as Arnold Margolese
- Michael Cerveris as Frank
- Richard Coca as Car Thief #1
- Castulo Guerra as Joe the Pawnshop Owner
- Salvador Sánchez as Gunsmith
- Jeremy Roberts as Bobby Victory
Crew
- Gore Verbinski - Director
- J. H. Wyman - Writer
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