The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Synopsis

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.

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