Walk Proud
1979, English. Directed by Robert L. Collins.
He was tough enough for the streets... was he tough enough to leave them?
Emilio Mendez is a 17-year-old Chicano man in California comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out. Robby Benson plays a young gang member in Los Angeles who begins to question himself when Mendez meets and starts to fall for a White girl who encourages him to try and leave. Emilio, with great pride in his Native Mexican heritage, suffers a further identity crisis upon meeting his father, a European-American who got his Brown mother pregnant when she was just 16.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
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- Released
- 15 June 1979
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Evan Hunter
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Walk Proud runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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Walk Proud is rated PG in India. That rating means it is generally fine for children.
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Walk Proud isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can rent it online. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Walk Proud?
If you liked Walk Proud, try The Wild One, West Side Story, Life in a Year.
Who directed Walk Proud?
Walk Proud (1979) was directed by Robert L. Collins and stars Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow.