Born in East L.A. (1987)
A comedy bordering on insanity.
85 min
Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!
- Release date
- August 21, 1987
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Lee Holdridge
- Box office
- $17,355,263
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Trailer
Cast
- Cheech Marin as Rudy
- Daniel Stern as Jimmy
- Paul Rodriguez as Javier
- Jan-Michael Vincent as McCalister
- Kamala Lopez as Dolores
- Alma Martinez as Gloria
- Tony Plana as Feo
- Eddie Barth as Lester
- Lupe Ontiveros as Rudy's Mother
- Ronald G. Joseph as Tattoo Prisoner
- Noble Willingham as Border Patrol Sergeant
- Sal Lopez as What's Happening Boy
- Del Zamora as What's Happening Boy
- Mike Moroff as Thug #2
- Eloy Casados as Thug #1
- Terrence Evans as Immigration Officer
- Neith Hunter as Marcie
- Jason Scott Lee as What's Happening Boy
- Diana Bellamy as Harry's Wife
- Daniel Valdez as Norteno Trio
- Steve Jordan as Norteno Trio
- Urbanie Lucero as Rudy's Sister
- Chastity Ayala as Rudy's Niece
- Tito Larriva as Oscar
- David Perez as Rudy's Nephew
Crew
- Cheech Marin · Director
- Cheech Marin · Writer
- Peter Macgregor-Scott · Producer
- Lee Holdridge · Composer
- Álex Phillips Jr. · Cinematographer
- Don Brochu · Editor
- Bob Jenkis · Editor
- Stephen Lovejoy · Editor
- David Newhouse · Editor
- Junie Lowry Johnson · Casting director
- Lynda Burbank · Production designer