Boulevard Nights

Boulevard Nights
Directed by Michael Pressman
Starring Richard Yniguez and Danny De La Paz
Music by Lalo Schifrin
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • June 18, 1979 (1979-06-18)
Running time
 102 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1.9 million (US rentals)[1][2]

Boulevard Nights is a 1979 film directed by Michael Pressman.

It is about life in East Los Angeles and its street gangs. It concerns two brothers, Raymond (Richard Yniguez) and Chuco (Danny De La Paz). Raymond is 'straight' -- he has a job and is engaged to Shady (Marta DuBois) -- while Chuco is a drug user and gang member who is about to be drawn into a gang war.

It was filmed on location[3] and was described by film critic Roger Ebert in a contemporary review as "a sensitive and thoughtful film about the tragedy of gang warfare in the barrio".[4] In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5]

Cast

  • Richard Yniguez ... Raymond Avila
  • Danny De La Paz ... Chuco Avila
  • Marta DuBois ... Shady Londeros
  • James Victor ... Gil Moreno
  • Betty Carvalho ... Mrs. Avila
  • Carmen Zapata ... Mrs. Londeros
  • Victor Millan ... Mr. Londeros
  • Gary Cervantes ... Big Happy
  • Daniel Zacapa ... Ernie (as Garret Pearson)
  • Jerado Carmona ... Wolf
  • Jesse Aragon ... Casper
  • Robert Covarrubias ... Toby (as Roberto Covarrubia)
  • Eliseo Estrada ... Hopper
  • Mary McFerren ... Receptionist
  • Dawson Mays ... Jerry Werner
  • Alejandrino Morales ... VGV Gang Member
  • Mario Morales ... VGV Gang Member
  • Javier Morales ... VGV Gang Member

References

  1. ↑ THE BIG THUDS OF 1979--FILMS THAT FLOPPED, BADLY Epstein, Andrew. Los Angeles Times 27 Apr 1980: o6.
  2. ↑ Richard Nowell, Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle Continuum, 2011 p 260
  3. ↑ Boulevard Nights, retrieved 2018-01-16
  4. ↑ Ebert, Roger. "Boulevard Nights Movie Review (1979) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  5. ↑ https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-178/. Retrieved December 13, 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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