Overview - La Bamba

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Music

Runtime: 108 minutes

Homepage: La Bamba

Budget

$6,500,000.00

Revenue

$54,215,416.00

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: New Visions Pictures

    Production country

  • Name: Columbia Pictures

    Production country United States of America

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Name: Lou Diamond Phillips

    Character: Ritchie Valens

    Popularity: 20.315

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  • Name: Danielle von Zerneck

    Character: Donna Ludwig

    Popularity: 3.887

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  • Name: Elizabeth Peña

    Character: Rosie Morales

    Popularity: 11.705

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  • Name: Rosanna DeSoto

    Character: Connie Valenzuela

    Popularity: 7.643

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  • Name: Esai Morales

    Character: Bob Morales

    Popularity: 8.543

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  • Name: Joe Pantoliano

    Character: Bob Keane

    Popularity: 14.72

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  • Name: Marshall Crenshaw

    Character: Buddy Holly

    Popularity: 0.952

  • Name: Brian Setzer

    Character: Eddie Cochran

    Popularity: 2.143

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