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El Mariachi

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

Film19931h 21mReleased

ActionWesternThrillerCrime
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Director
Robert Rodriguez
Language
Spanish
Released
1993-02-22
Runtime
1h 21m

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6.71,309 votes on TMDB

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6.7

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The story

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.

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Cast

  • Carlos Gallardo
    Carlos GallardoEl Mariachi
  • Consuelo Gómez
    Consuelo GómezDomino
  • Jaime de Hoyos
    Jaime de HoyosBigotón
  • Peter Marquardt
    Peter MarquardtMauricio
  • Reinol Martinez — artwork unavailable
    Reinol MartinezAzul
  • Ramiro Gómez
    Ramiro GómezCantinero
  • Jesús López — artwork unavailable
    Jesús LópezViejo Clerk
  • Luis Baró — artwork unavailable
    Luis BaróDomino's Assistant
  • Oscar Fabila — artwork unavailable
    Oscar FabilaThe Boy
  • Poncho Ramon — artwork unavailable
    Poncho RamonAzul's Rat