Born in East L.A.

"A comedy bordering on insanity."

Aug 21 1987 R 1h 25m
Comedy

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!

Official Trailer
Plot

Rudy is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory. Deported to Mexico as an undocumented immigrant, he has no way of proving that he is in fact an American citizen, and is forced to rely on his cunning to sneak his way back home.

Written by

Cheech Marin

Directed by

Cheech Marin

Cast

Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Clear Type, Universal Pictures

Languages

Español, English

Awards

4 wins

Trailers
Born In East L.A. (1987) - Official Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
6,834
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
57
Popularity
NA