Born in East L.A.
A comedy bordering on insanity.
1987
Rated
R
85
minutes
Comedy
Directed By:
Cheech Marin
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!
Language
English
Release Date
August 21, 1987
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
Terrence Evans
Immigration Officer
Neith Hunter
Marcie
Ted Lin
What's Happening Boy
Jason Scott Lee
What's Happening Boy
Jee Teo
What's Happening Boy
Bob McClurg
Harry
Diana Bellamy
Harry's Wife
Daniel Valdez
Norteno Trio
David Silva
Norteno Trio
Steve Jordan
Norteno Trio
Urbanie Lucero
Rudy's Sister
Chastity Ayala
Rudy's Niece
David Perez
Rudy's Nephew
Larry Blackmon
Slick Dude
Tito Larriva
Oscar
Geoffrey Rivas
Immigration Aide
Miguel Delgado
Jose
David Yanez
Altar Boy
Bret Chafe
Immigration Man
McKeiver Jones III
Immigration Man
Alex Garza
Jail Sergeant
George Garvin
Doorman
Jim Perine
Tourist
Ruben Guevara
Miguel
Sam Allen
Customs Officer
John Villella
Customs Agent
Doug Ingold
Customs Agent
Mark Istratoff
Customs Agent
Robert Masseria
Customs Agent
Josh Cruze
Jail Truck Driver
Randal Patrick
Border Patrol Officer
Ernest Harden Jr.
Border Patrol Officer
Vic Trevino
Border Patrol Officer
Mark L. Taylor
TV Evangelist
Dyana Ortelli
Mother with Oranges
Humberto Ortiz
Boy with Orange
Austin Cortez Tobar
Bar Customer
Cesar Dominguez
Bar Customer
Richard Kennedy
German Man
Lilyan Chauvin
German Woman
Ernesto Hernández
Fernando
Ángela Moya
Mexican Wife
Jorge Andrés Fernández
Mexican Husband
David Selburg
Policeman
Sam Vlahos
Father Sanchez
Show Full Crew
Production
Junie Lowry-Johnson
Casting
Peter Macgregor-Scott
Producer
Elisa Goodman
Casting Associate
Dow Griffith
Location Manager
Jacqueline George
Production Coordinator
Stan Coleman
Executive Producer
Barbara Shannon
Extras Casting
Jim Cranston
Production Supervisor
Laura Aguilar
Production Coordinator
Flavio Castillero
Extras Casting
Marco Aurelio Ortiz
Unit Production Manager
Enrique De Pena
Extras Casting
Sound
Lee Holdridge
Original Music Composer
Earl Sampson
Boom Operator
Robert W. Glass Jr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William B. Kaplan
Sound Mixer
Robert Thirlwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ray Alba
Sound Editor
Joe Divitale
Sound Editor
Ken S. Polk
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William Hooper
Sound Editor
Michael O'Corrigan
Supervising Sound Editor
Cliff Bell Jr.
ADR Editor
Steve Olson
Sound Editor
Jim Siracusa
Sound Editor
Don Sanders
Supervising Music Editor
Dick Wahrman
Sound Editor
Robert Gutknecht
Sound Editor
Rick Riccio
Scoring Mixer
Bill Young
Sound Editor
Editing
Stephen Lovejoy
Editor
Don Brochu
Editor
Dan Muscarella
Color Timer
Michael J. Sheridan
Editor
Clint Hutchison
Assistant Editor
David Newhouse
Editor
Barbara Riley
Negative Cutter
Keith Jernquist
Assistant Editor
Jerry Nelson
Assistant Editor
Camera
Álex Phillips Jr.
Director of Photography
Carlos Montaño
Camera Operator
Alicia Craft
Assistant Camera
Michael Becker
Still Photographer
Dennis Rotta
Dolly Grip
Jerry Deats
Key Grip
Manuel Jiménez
Assistant Camera
Salvador Vázquez
Key Grip
Faustino Hernández
Dolly Grip
Writing
Directing
Cheech Marin
Director
Sebastián Silva
Second Assistant Director
Javier Carreño
First Assistant Director
Renate Schneuer
Script Supervisor
David N. Schrager
Second Assistant Director
Art
J. Rae Fox
Art Direction
Richard Joffray
Property Master
Lynda Burbank
Art Direction
Enrique Estévez
Set Decoration
Steve Karatzas
Set Decoration
Hector Rodriguez
Art Direction
John Bruno
Title Designer
Costume & Make-Up
Laura Goldsmith
Costumer
Jef Simons
Makeup Supervisor
Enrique Villavicencio
Costumer
Isabella B. Van Soest
Costume Designer
Crew
Lighting