
Born in East L.A.
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!
Born in East L.A.
August 21, 1987
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Cast (61)

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

Esteban Jordan
Norteño Trio
Crew (72)
Directing

Sebastián Silva
Second Assistant Director

Cheech Marin
Director

Renate Schneuer
Script Supervisor

David N. Schrager
Second Assistant Director

Javier Carreño
First Assistant Director
Writing

Cheech Marin
Writer
Production

Peter Macgregor-Scott
Producer

Stan Coleman
Executive Producer

Junie Lowry-Johnson
Casting

Jim Cranston
Production Supervisor

Flavio Castillero
Extras Casting

Enrique De Pena
Extras Casting

Elisa Goodman
Casting Associate

Laura Aguilar
Production Coordinator

Marco Aurelio Ortiz
Unit Production Manager

Barbara Shannon
Extras Casting

Dow Griffith
Location Manager

Jacqueline George
Production Coordinator
Sound

Lee Holdridge
Original Music Composer

Robert Gutknecht
Sound Editor

William B. Kaplan
Sound Mixer

Robert Thirlwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joe Divitale
Sound Editor

William Hooper
Sound Editor

Michael O'Corrigan
Supervising Sound Editor

Dick Wahrman
Sound Editor

Cliff Bell Jr.
ADR Editor

Earl Sampson
Boom Operator

Jim Siracusa
Sound Editor

Bill Young
Sound Editor

Don Sanders
Supervising Music Editor

Ray Alba
Sound Editor

Rick Riccio
Scoring Mixer

Steve Olson
Sound Editor

Robert W. Glass Jr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ken S. Polk
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art

Richard Joffray
Property Master

Enrique Estévez
Set Decoration

Steve Karatzas
Set Decoration

Lynda Burbank
Art Direction

Hector Rodriguez
Art Direction

J. Rae Fox
Art Direction

Drew Struzan
Art Designer

John Bruno
Title Designer
Camera

Dennis Rotta
Dolly Grip

Salvador Vázquez
Key Grip

Faustino Hernández
Dolly Grip

Jerry Deats
Key Grip

Manuel Jiménez
Assistant Camera

Alicia Craft
Assistant Camera

Michael Becker
Still Photographer

Carlos Montaño
Camera Operator

Álex Phillips Jr.
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Laura Goldsmith
Costumer

Jef Simons
Makeup Supervisor

Isabella B. Van Soest
Costume Designer

Enrique Villavicencio
Costumer
Crew
Editing

Don Brochu
Editor

Keith Jernquist
Assistant Editor

Barbara Riley
Negative Cutter

Stephen Lovejoy
Editor

David Newhouse
Editor

Jerry Nelson
Assistant Editor

Dan Muscarella
Color Timer

Michael J. Sheridan
Editor

Clint Hutchison
Assistant Editor
Lighting

Donaciano De Anda
Gaffer

Jack English
Electrician