
Desperado (1995)
6.9|25 Aug, 1995|104 min
He came back to settle the score with someone. Anyone. EVERYONE.
6.9|25 Aug, 1995|104 min
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El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.
Language
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue $25,405,445
English
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue $25,405,445
Keywords
gunslinger
showdown
mexico
ambush
hitman
guitar
anti terror
bartender
revenge
tragic hero
shootout
mariachi
explosion
brutality
drug lord
leg brace
concealed weapon
book store
Casts

Antonio Banderas
El Mariachi

Salma Hayek Pinault
Carolina

Joaquim de Almeida
Bucho

Steve Buscemi
Buscemi

Cheech Marin
Short Bartender

Carlos Gómez
Right Hand

Quentin Tarantino
Pick-Up Guy

Tito Larriva
Tavo

Angel Aviles
Zamira

Danny Trejo
Navajas
Abraham Verduzco
Niño

Carlos Gallardo
Campa
Albert Michel Jr.
Quino

David Alvarado
Buddy

Angela Lanza
Tourist Girl

Mike Moroff
Shrug

Robert Arevalo
Opponent
Gerardo Moscoso
Priest

Peter Marquardt
Moco

Consuelo Gómez
Domino

Jaime de Hoyos
Bigoton

Cristos
Cristos

Richie Gaona
Case Opener

Tommy Nix
Fighting Barfly

Patricia Vonne
Bar Girl

Elizabeth Rodriguez
Mariachi Fan

Mark Dalton
Fighting Barfly
Reinol Martinez
Guy Scolding Niño Outside Tarasco Bar (uncredited)
Diego Sandoval
Empty Gun Man (uncredited)
Crews

Robert Rodriguez
Producer

Robert Rodriguez
Director
Tony Mark
Unit Production Manager

Batan Silva
First Assistant Director
Javier Lambert
Stunts
Karyn Rachtman
Music Supervisor

Gilbert Rosales
Stunts
Allan R.J. Joseph
Stunts

Robert Rodriguez
Steadicam Operator
Reuben Cannon
Casting

Henry Kingi Jr.
Stunts
Ricardo M. Kaplan
Assistant Art Director
Luz María Rojas
Unit Production Manager
Diego Sandoval
Second Assistant Director

David Alvarado
Stunts
Terry Haskell
Property Master
Charles Ewing Smith
Dialogue Editor
Felipe Fernández del Paso
Art Direction
Jesús Romero
Key Grip

Troy Robinson
Stunts
Fernando Moreno
Chief Lighting Technician
David Orr
Color Timer
Gloria Kaiser
Color Timer
Michael Connell
Music Editor
Gary S. Gerlich
Sound Editor
Matthew C. Beville
Sound Editor

Richie Gaona
Stunts
Julian Bucio
Stunts
Don Levy
Unit Publicist
Pedro Mejía
Boom Operator
Judee Flick
ADR Editor

Frank Smathers
Foley Editor
Tamara Smith
Post Production Supervisor
Elsa Hermoso
Production Accountant
Mariano Carranco
Location Manager
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
Joaquin Silva
Second Second Assistant Director
Cheri Hall
Production Accountant
Mark Green
Assistant Property Master
Greg Hedgepath
Sound Editor

Robert Rodriguez
Editor
Cecilia Montiel
Production Design
Graciela Mazón
Costume Design

Guillermo Navarro
Director of Photography

Mark Ulano
Production Sound Mixer
Sergio Reyes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
B. Tennyson Sebastian III
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dean Beville
Supervising Sound Editor

Steve M. Davison
Stunt Coordinator
Bob Shelley
Special Effects Coordinator
Robin Anderson
Script Supervisor

Rico Torres
Still Photographer

Elizabeth Avellan
Co-Producer

Carlos Gallardo
Co-Producer
Bill Borden
Producer
Steve Berlin
Original Music Composer

Antonio Banderas
Special Guest Director

Allan A. Apone
Makeup Designer
Gerardo Manjarrez
First Assistant Camera
Carlos Mungia Rodríguez
Wardrobe Supervisor

Conrad Lozano
Original Music Composer
Eduardo Lopez
Lead Set Dresser
Ramiro González
Stunts
Tim Gomillion
Sound Recordist
Malinda Shelley
Special Effects Assistant
David Giella
Casting Assistant

Louie Pérez
Original Music Composer
Douglas J. White
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Robert Arevalo
Stunts
Antonio Sánchez Romero
Best Boy Electric
Rosie Duprat Fort
Assistant Makeup Artist
Ernesto López Ríos
Construction Coordinator
Thomas Raymond Fabbricante
Assistant Sound Editor
Larry Hopkins
Sound Mixer
Marvin Walowitz
Sound Effects Editor
Rosie Duprat Fort
Assistant Hairstylist
David Berryman
Second Assistant Camera
Ricardo Oscar Fernández
First Assistant Camera
Alana Caudillo
Wardrobe Assistant

Robert Rodriguez
Writer
Ermahn Ospina
Makeup Artist
Ermahn Ospina
Hairstylist
Steve Fink
Prosthetics

Douglas Kirkland
Still Photographer

Steve M. Davison
Second Unit Director
Derek Marcil
ADR Mixer
Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.
Assistant Sound Editor

David Hidalgo
Original Music Composer
Douglas J. White
Prosthetics
Ireri Mazón Salas
Wardrobe Assistant
Daniel Fort
Assistant Editor

Nick Glennie-Smith
Musician

Cesar Rosas
Original Music Composer
B.J. Shelley
Special Effects Assistant
Joaquin Gutierrez
Second Assistant Camera
Juan Martín
Electrician
Darren Block
Post Production Assistant
Steven Hufsteter
Musician
Joaquin Gonzalo Avellán
Assistant Editor

Kelly Frazier
Assistant Production Coordinator

Ethan Maniquis
Assistant Editor
Barry Rosenbush
Production Assistant

Tito Larriva
Additional Music
Kenny Mason
Transportation Coordinator
Adolfo Ramírez
Wardrobe Supervisor
Pamela Jaeckle
Production Coordinator
Daniel J. Shaw
Production Assistant
Erik C. Andersen
Associate Editor

Mark Gantt
Driver
Marco Morales Echeverría
Grip
Joaquin Gonzalo Avellán
Assistant Location Manager
Fernanda Echeverria
Production Coordinator
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