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La Bamba

Release Date:July 24, 1987

Running Time:108 min

Genres:Drama, Music

Director

Cast

Lou Diamond Phillips Danielle von Zerneck Elizabeth Peña Rosanna DeSoto Esai Morales Joe Pantoliano Marshall Crenshaw Brian Setzer Daniel Valdez Howard Huntsberry Felipe Cantu Eddie Frias

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.

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