Film

El Mariachi

1993 · 1h 21m · 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.

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

73

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.

Carlos Gallardo

El Mariachi

Consuelo Gómez

Domino

Jaime de Hoyos

Bigotón

Peter Marquardt

Mauricio

Reinol Martinez

Azul

Ramiro Gómez

Cantinero

Jesús López

Viejo Clerk

Luis Baró

Domino's Assistant

Oscar Fabila

The Boy

Poncho Ramon

Azul's Rat

Fernando Martinez

Azul's Rat

Manuel Acosta

Bodyguard

Walter Vargas

Prisoner

Roberto Martinez

Prisoner

Virgen Delgado

Female Bodyguard

Juanita Vargas

Female Bodyguard

• Robert RodriguezEditor · Director of Photography · Producer · Director · Writer
• Carlos GallardoProducer

Official TrailerEl Mariachi (1992) - HD Trailer

Release date

February 22, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

R

Budget

$7,225

Revenue

$2,040,920

Genres

Action, Crime, Thriller, Western

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