The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
The entire cause of the problem evolves from the use of a deputy to translate. His command of Spanish is inadequate and he mistranslates what a witness tells the sheriff as to whether the real perpetrator of the crime is riding a mare (yegua) or a male horse (caballo). This error results in destroying a family and the death of an innocent man.
Western
Moctesuma Esparza Productions
Edward James Olmos as Boone Chate, James Gammon as Sheriff Frank Fly, Tom Bower as Boone Chate