Born in East L.A.

5.8
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 85 min
  • Premiere: 1987. August 21.

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!

Discover

Kamala Lopez

Dolores

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

Ted Lin

What's Happening Boy

Jason Scott Lee

What's Happening Boy

Jee Teo

What's Happening Boy

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

Geoffrey Rivas

Immigration Aide

David Yanez

Altar Boy

Bret Chafe

Immigration Man

McKeiver Jones III

Immigration Man

Alex Garza

Jail Sergeant

Jim Perine

Tourist

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

Ángela Moya

Mexican Wife

Jorge Andrés Fernández

Mexican Husband

David Selburg

Policeman

Sam Vlahos

Father Sanchez

Esteban Jordan

Norteño Trio

Art

J. Rae Fox

Art Direction

Hector Rodriguez

Art Direction

Lynda Burbank

Art Direction

Enrique Estévez

Set Decoration

Richard Joffray

Property Master

John Bruno

Title Designer

Steve Karatzas

Set Decoration

Drew Struzan

Art Designer

Camera

Álex Phillips Jr.

Director of Photography

Jerry Deats

Key Grip

Manuel Jiménez

Assistant Camera

Alicia Craft

Assistant Camera

Michael Becker

Still Photographer

Carlos Montaño

Camera Operator

Dennis Rotta

Dolly Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Isabella B. Van Soest

Costume Designer

Jef Simons

Makeup Supervisor

Crew

Jesus G. Duran

Special Effects

Jorge Gómez

Cableman

Directing

Cheech Marin

Director

David N. Schrager

Second Assistant Director

Renate Schneuer

Script Supervisor

Sebastián Silva

Second Assistant Director

Javier Carreño

First Assistant Director

Editing

Don Brochu

Editor

Barbara Riley

Negative Cutter

Clint Hutchison

Assistant Editor

Jerry Nelson

Assistant Editor

Keith Jernquist

Assistant Editor

Dan Muscarella

Color Timer

Lighting

Jack English

Electrician

Production

Stan Coleman

Executive Producer

Enrique De Pena

Extras Casting

Barbara Shannon

Extras Casting

Jim Cranston

Production Supervisor

Elisa Goodman

Casting Associate

Dow Griffith

Location Manager

Jacqueline George

Production Coordinator

Flavio Castillero

Extras Casting

Laura Aguilar

Production Coordinator

Marco Aurelio Ortiz

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Lee Holdridge

Original Music Composer

William B. Kaplan

Sound Mixer

Robert Gutknecht

Sound Editor

Ray Alba

Sound Editor

Dick Wahrman

Sound Editor

Earl Sampson

Boom Operator

Robert Thirlwell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

William Hooper

Sound Editor

Bill Young

Sound Editor

Robert W. Glass Jr.

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joe Divitale

Sound Editor

Steve Olson

Sound Editor

Ken S. Polk

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael O'Corrigan

Supervising Sound Editor

Don Sanders

Supervising Music Editor

Jim Siracusa

Sound Editor

Cliff Bell Jr.

ADR Editor

Rick Riccio

Scoring Mixer

Writing

Art

J. Rae Fox

Art Direction

Hector Rodriguez

Art Direction

Lynda Burbank

Art Direction

Enrique Estévez

Set Decoration

Richard Joffray

Property Master

John Bruno

Title Designer

Steve Karatzas

Set Decoration

Drew Struzan

Art Designer

Camera

Álex Phillips Jr.

Director of Photography

Jerry Deats

Key Grip

Manuel Jiménez

Assistant Camera

Alicia Craft

Assistant Camera

Michael Becker

Still Photographer

Carlos Montaño

Camera Operator

Dennis Rotta

Dolly Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Isabella B. Van Soest

Costume Designer

Jef Simons

Makeup Supervisor

Crew

Jesus G. Duran

Special Effects

Jorge Gómez

Cableman

Directing

Cheech Marin

Director

David N. Schrager

Second Assistant Director

Renate Schneuer

Script Supervisor

Sebastián Silva

Second Assistant Director

Javier Carreño

First Assistant Director

Editing

Don Brochu

Editor

Barbara Riley

Negative Cutter

Clint Hutchison

Assistant Editor

Jerry Nelson

Assistant Editor

Keith Jernquist

Assistant Editor

Dan Muscarella

Color Timer

Lighting

Jack English

Electrician

Production

Stan Coleman

Executive Producer

Enrique De Pena

Extras Casting

Barbara Shannon

Extras Casting

Jim Cranston

Production Supervisor

Elisa Goodman

Casting Associate

Dow Griffith

Location Manager

Jacqueline George

Production Coordinator

Flavio Castillero

Extras Casting

Laura Aguilar

Production Coordinator

Marco Aurelio Ortiz

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Lee Holdridge

Original Music Composer

William B. Kaplan

Sound Mixer

Robert Gutknecht

Sound Editor

Ray Alba

Sound Editor

Dick Wahrman

Sound Editor

Earl Sampson

Boom Operator

Robert Thirlwell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

William Hooper

Sound Editor

Bill Young

Sound Editor

Robert W. Glass Jr.

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joe Divitale

Sound Editor

Steve Olson

Sound Editor

Ken S. Polk

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael O'Corrigan

Supervising Sound Editor

Don Sanders

Supervising Music Editor

Jim Siracusa

Sound Editor

Cliff Bell Jr.

ADR Editor

Rick Riccio

Scoring Mixer

Writing