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Born in East L.A.

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Born in East L.A.

A comedy bordering on insanity.

5.8

1h 25m

1987

“A comedy bordering on insanity.”

Synopsis

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!

Director

Cheech Marin

Trailer

Comedy

immigrationeast los angelessouth-of-the-border

Cast & Crew

Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin

as Rudy

Daniel Stern

Daniel Stern

as Jimmy

Paul Rodríguez

Paul Rodríguez

as Javier

Jan-Michael Vincent

Jan-Michael Vincent

as McCalister

Kamala Lopez

Kamala Lopez

as Dolores

Alma Martinez

Alma Martinez

as Gloria

Tony Plana

Tony Plana

as Feo

Eddie Barth

Eddie Barth

as Lester

Lupe Ontiveros

Lupe Ontiveros

as Rudy's Mother

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