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El Mariachi

El Mariachi

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 22, 1993

Runtime

1h 21m

Genres

Action, Crime, Thriller, Western

User Score

67%

Original Title

El Mariachi

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, Los Hooligans Productions

Director

Robert Rodriguez

Budget

$7,225

Revenue

$2,000,000

Description

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.