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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.

6.7(1,346)19931h 21m7

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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Status
Released
Budget
$7.2K
Box office
$2M
Language
English
Part of Mexico Collection · 3 films
  • mistaken identity
  • usa–mexico border
  • mariachi
  • concealed weapon

Top billed cast

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Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival4 Sept 1992
    • TheatricalR26 Feb 1993
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1520 Aug 1993
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM22 Feb 1993
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival15 Sept 1992
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1426 Feb 1993
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Physical18+1 Apr 1996
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU28 Sept 1993
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical185 Aug 1993
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical14+3 Sept 1993
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR18+28 Sept 1993
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical (limited)C22 Feb 1993
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1624 Feb 1994
    • TV16Nederland 112 Oct 2002
    • Physical16DVD25 Mar 2008
    • Physical16Blu ray6 Apr 2011

Frequently asked questions

El Mariachi was released on 22 February 1993.

Audience reviews

2
  • I

    insidemovies84

    2/16/2021

    10/10

    Filmed in 1992 and being Robert Rodriquez’s film debut this is a film about a guitar player whom walk into town at the same time a gangster shoots up some dudes in a bar wearing same clothes so at first it’s a case of Mistaken identity but then I believe the Mariachi guy just kind of falls into the role of the renegade assassin that takes out the man running the streets or so he thinks... falling in love with the bos…

  • B

    badelf

    2/1/2026

    9/10

    El Mariachi (1992) Directed by Robert Rodriguez There's a romantic notion in cinema that constraints breed creativity, that necessity mothers invention, that you don't need a Hollywood budget to tell a compelling story. Most of the time, this is wishful thinking offered by people who've never tried to shoot a feature film with pocket change and borrowed equipment. Then there's El Mariachi, Robert Rodriguez's le…

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