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Released
1987 · FILM

Mala Noche

If you fuck with the bull, you get the horn!

Directed by
Runtime
75 min
Drama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Walt is a convenience‑store clerk who becomes romantically interested in Johnny, a Mexican migrant worker. Despite having little in common with Johnny, including a shared language, Walt’s desire to possess him leads to a sexual awakening that creates a tangled love triangle.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 14

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by John J CampbellScored by Creighton Lindsay

Box Office

1987 · Box office

Produced on a $23K budget

Production budget

$23K

Also known as

  • Bad Nighten

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