

At a Lame Pace
Original Title: “A paso de cojo”
“... and one day they discovered that, lacking a leg, an arm, an eye, they had plenty of desire to fight, to enjoy, to steal, to rape ... to live!”
Overview
Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.
Top Cast

Luis Manuel Pelayo
Priest

Bruno Rey
Commander

Roberto 'El Flaco' Guzmán
The One-Eyed Man

Noé Murayama
Matias, the Blind Man

Roberto Cobo
Julio Alejandro Lobato
Captain

Enrique Lucero
Cojo
Yolanda Ochoa

Mario ZebadĂşa

Gabriel Retes
RamĂłn, the Fool

Carlos Nieto
Cojo

Carmen Salinas
The Pig's Wife
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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