One-half of the hip comic duo behind such classic albums as Big Bambu and hit movies like Up in Smoke, Richard "Cheech" Marin wrote and directed this film based on his best-selling record parody. In his first solo screen appearance, Marin stars as Rudy Robles, who is accidentally deported to Mexico without I.D. or knowledge of Spanish and cant' convince the U.S. officials to let him return. Unable to contact his vacationing family or communicate with his newly immigrated cousin, Javier * (Paul Rodriguez).