Born in East L.A.

Born in East L.A.

A comedy bordering on insanity.

R 1987 · 84 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy

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!

Directed by Cheech Marin · Written by Cheech Marin

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