La Bamba
Born into poverty. Destined for stardom. He lived the American dream.
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.
Crew and Cast
Luis ValdezDirector
Lou Diamond PhillipsRitchie Valens
Danielle von ZerneckDonna Ludwig
Elizabeth PeñaRosie Morales
Rosanna DeSotoConnie Valenzuela
Esai MoralesBob Morales
Joe PantolianoBob KeaneMarshall CrenshawBuddy Holly
Brian SetzerEddie Cochran
Daniel ValdezLelo
Howard HuntsberryJackie Wilson
Felipe CantuCurandero
Eddie FriasChino
Mike MoroffMexican EdGeoffrey RivasRudy
Sam AndersonMr. LudwigMaggie GwinnMrs. Ludwig
Jeffrey Alan ChandlerAlan Freed
Stephen LeeBig Bopper
John QuadeBartenderLettie IbarraVera
Diane RodriguezErnestine
Katie ValdezConnie Jr.
Gloria BalcortaIrma
Ernesto HernándezGarbage Man
Noble WillinghamHowardThom PintelloSound Engineer
Stephen F. SchmidtTommy Allsup
Rosanna LockeSharon SheeleyKim SebastianDonna's Girlfriend
Dyana OrtelliRosalinda
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 24 July 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB score
- 7.3 / 10 (841 votes)
Production
- Director
- Luis Valdez
- Writers
- Luis Valdez
- Studios
- New Visions Pictures, Columbia Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
Box Office
- Budget
- $6.5M
- Revenue
- $54.2M
- Profit
- $47.7M
- Return
- 8.3×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English, Spanish