Born in East L.A. (1987)
A comedy bordering on insanity.
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!
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Cheech MarinRudy
Paul RodríguezJavier
Daniel SternJimmy
Kamala LopezDolores
Jan-Michael VincentMcCalister
Lupe OntiverosRudy's motherUrbanie LuceroRudy's sisterChastity AyalaRudy's nieceDavid PerezRudy's nephew
Neith HunterMarcie
Larry BlackmonSlick dude
Tito LarrivaOscarKeywords
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Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityEast Los Angeles · Immigration · South Of The BorderDialogue densityComedyPacingShortDirector preference5076Actor preference5076 · 97969 · 60733
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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!
How long is Born in East L.A.?
Born in East L.A. has a runtime of 85 minutes.
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