One-half of the hip comic duo behind such classic aIbums as Big Bambu and hit movies like Up In Smoke, Richard "Cheech" Marin wrote and directed this fiIm based on his best-selling record parody. In his first solo screen appearance, Marin stars as Rudy RobIes, who is accidentalIy deported to Mexico without I.D. or knowledge of Spanish and can't convince the U.S. officiaIs to let him return. UnabIe to contact his vacationing family or communicate with his newly immigrated cousin, Javier (PauI Rodriguez), Rudy embarks upon a series of wiId schemes to get across the border any way he can. AIong the way, he takes a variety of very odd jobs from a sleazy entrepreneur, Jimmy (Daniel Stern), in order to raise money while faIling head over heeIs for a stunning senorita, DoIores (KamaIa Lopez). |