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About
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!
Theatrical
Aug 21, 1987
Box Office
$17.4M
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 21, 1998
Theaters
1
Cast
Full credits →C
Cheech Marin
Rudy
D
Daniel Stern
Jimmy
P
Paul Rodríguez
Javier
J
Jan-Michael Vincent
McCalister
K
Kamala Lopez
Dolores
A
Alma Martinez
Gloria
T
Tony Plana
Feo
E
Eddie Barth
Lester
L
Lupe Ontiveros
Rudy's Mother
R
Ronald G. Joseph
Tattoo Prisoner
N
Noble Willingham
Border Patrol Sergeant
S
Sal Lopez
What's Happening Boy
D
Del Zamora
What's Happening Boy
M
Mike Moroff
Thug #2
E
Eloy Casados
Thug #1
T
Terrence Evans
Immigration Officer
N
Neith Hunter
Marcie
J
Jason Scott Lee
What's Happening Boy
B
Bob McClurg
Harry
D
Diana Bellamy
Harry's Wife
