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El Mariachi

El Mariachi
★ 6.7/10•1993•1h 21m•R•Action•Crime•Thriller

With a guitar in his hand and a price on his head, he wasn't looking for trouble. But trouble came looking for him.

El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake el Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.

Robert Rodriguez · Director

Robert Rodriguez · Writer

Carlos Gallardo · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 21m
LanguageES
Release DateFeb 22, 1993
Budget$7,225
Revenue$2,040,920

Actors

Carlos Gallardo

Carlos Gallardo

El Mariachi

Consuelo Gómez

Consuelo Gómez

Domino

Jaime de Hoyos

Jaime de Hoyos

Bigotón

Peter Marquardt

Peter Marquardt

Mauricio

Reinol Martinez

Azul

Ramiro Gómez

Ramiro Gómez

Cantinero

Jesús López

Viejo Clerk

Luis Baró

Domino's Assistant

Oscar Fabila

The Boy

Poncho Ramon

Azul's Rat

Fernando Martinez

Fernando Martinez

Azul's Rat

Manuel Acosta

Bodyguard

Walter Vargas

Prisoner

Roberto Martinez

Prisoner

Virgen Delgado

Female Bodyguard

Juanita Vargas

Female Bodyguard

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