

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Visit website7.0/10 • 598
2005-11-17 • 2h 1m
Nobody is beyond redemption.
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.
- Directors
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Editors
- Roberto Silvi

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Visit website2005-11-17 • 2h 1m
7.0/10 • 598
Nobody is beyond redemption.
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.
- Directors
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Editors
- Roberto Silvi
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsTommy 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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $15,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $12,036,149.00
- Keywords
- mexicotexasillegal immigrationborder patrolusa–mexico borderpromisecorpsedesertneo-westerncoyote