Born in East L.A.

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$17.4M

Rudy is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory. Deported to Mexico as an undocumented immigrant, he has no way of proving that he is in fact an American citizen, and is forced to rely on his cunning to sneak his way back home.

🏆 4 wins

Director

Cheech Marin

Cast

Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez

Released

21 August 1987

Runtime

1h 25m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

6.1 / 10

Votes

7,261

Metascore

57

Rotten Tomatoes

40%

Box office

$17,355,263

Edition

Base