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Get the Gringo (15-Mar-2012)

Director: Adrian Grunberg

Writers: Mel Gibson; Adrian Grunberg; Stacy Perskie

Keywords: Crime

A getaway driver arrested by corrupt Mexican cops must learn to adapt to the realities of life in a tough prison.

ABSTRACT
A career getaway driver on the run from American authorities is arrested by corrupt Mexican police officers Romero and Vasquez after crashing through their country's border fence, whereupon he is stripped of the $2,000,000 in cash in his possession and sent to a harsh prison known as "El Pueblito". Earning a nickname of "The Gringo" for being one of the only American nationals housed in the prison, he quickly befriends a young boy being protected by other criminals for unknown reasons, utilizing their friendship to help himself adapt to incarceration in an alien society.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Patrick Bauchau
Actor
6-Dec-1938   Sydney on The Pretender
Scott Cohen
Actor
19-Dec-1961   The 10th Kingdom
Mel Gibson
Actor
3-Jan-1956   Mad Max
Bob Gunton
Actor
15-Nov-1945   The Shawshank Redemption
Dean Norris
Actor
c. 1963   Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad
Peter Stormare
Actor
27-Aug-1953   Ran the woodchipper in Fargo

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