Walk Proud
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert L. Collins
Written by	Evan Hunter
Produced by	Lawrence Turman
Starring	Robby Benson Sarah Holcomb
Cinematography	Bobby Byrne
Edited by	Douglas Stewart
Music by	Robby Benson Don Peake
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 15, 1979 (1979-06-15)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.4 million[1]

Walk Proud is a 1979 American hood drama film directed by Robert L. Collins and written by Evan Hunter and starring Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow, Pepe Serna, Trinidad Silva and Ji-Tu Cumbuka. It was released on June 15, 1979, by Universal Pictures.^[2][3][4]

Premise

A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.

Robby Benson plays Emilio, a young gang member in Los Angeles who begins to question his gang life when he meets and starts to fall for a girl who encourages him to try and leave. Emilio, with great pride in his Mexican heritage, suffers a further identity crisis upon meeting his father, a white American who got his mother pregnant when she was just 16.

Cast