El mariachi

"With a guitar in his hand and a price on his head, he wasn't looking for trouble. But trouble came looking for him."

Feb 26 1993 R 1h 21m
Action, Crime, Thriller

El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake el Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.

Official Trailer
Plot

El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.

Written by

Robert Rodriguez

Directed by

Robert Rodriguez

Cast

Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Mexico

Production Companies

Los Hooligans Productions, Columbia Pictures

Languages

Español

Awards

7 wins & 4 nominations

Trailers
EL MARIACHI (1993) – Official Trailer
El Mariachi (1992) - HD Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
72,881
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
73
Popularity
NA