Born in East L.A.
“A comedy bordering on insanity.”
1987•R•1h 24m•5.8•Released
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!
Director
Cheech Marin
Writer
Cheech Marin
Revenue
$17M
Languages
English, Spanish
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Cheech Marin
Rudy
Daniel Stern
Jimmy
Paul Rodríguez
Javier
Jan-Michael Vincent
McCalister
Kamala Lopez
Dolores
Alma Martinez
Gloria
Tony Plana
Feo
Eddie Barth
Lester
Lupe Ontiveros
Rudy's Mother
Ronald G. Joseph
Tattoo Prisoner
Noble Willingham
Border Patrol Sergeant
Sal Lopez
What's Happening Boy
Del Zamora
What's Happening Boy
Mike Moroff
Thug #2
Eloy Casados
Thug #1
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Company
Clear Type
Producer
Peter Macgregor-Scott
Recommended
6.1
Border Hunters
2025
5.9
A Day Without a Mexican
2004
6.6
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958
6.2
Mr. Roosevelt
2017
5.9
Babes
2024
6.6
2 Minutes of Fame
2020
6.7
Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...
2025
6.5
Hollywood Shuffle
1987
6.8
The Roast of Tom Brady
2024
5.8
Pretty Persuasion
2005
7.3
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987
6.8
Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs
2023
6
The F**k-It List
2020
6
The Super
1991
7
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
2025
6.2
The Hangover Part III
2013
6.3
Machete
2010
6.3
How to Murder Your Wife
1965
6.3
Barquero
1970
7.1
Tom Segura: Disgraceful
2018
Similar Movies
5.9
Autumn Moon
1992
5.2
Visions of Europe
2004
6.7
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
6.5
Hippocrates
2014
5.1
East Side Story
2006
5.9
A Day Without a Mexican
2004
6.3
Bend It Like Beckham
2002
Nmout Alik
2023
6.1
Green Card
1990
6.3
Potato Dreams of America
2021
6.8
An American Tail
1986
The Empathizer
2024
6
Lucky Miles
2007
6.1
Lowlife
2017
7
The Swissmakers
1978
6.1
The Perez Family
1995
And Then There Was One
2025
6.3
Things I Left in Havana
1998
9.7
Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out
1981
6.8
Discipline
2014