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Straight to Hell
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Overview

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5.4/10   1,087 votes
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Director:
Alex Cox
Writers:
Alex Cox (writer)
Dick Rude (writer)
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Release Date:
26 June 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Western more
Tagline:
A story of blood, money, guns, coffee, and sexual tension.
Plot:
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Anarchic fun with a superb cast! more (49 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Dick Rude ... Willy

Sy Richardson ... Norwood

Courtney Love ... Velma
Joe Strummer ... Simms
Gloria Miralles Ruiz ... Maid
Juan Uribe ... Policeman
Joe Cashman ... Dead Man in Car
Jose Pomedio Monedero ... Gomez
Sara Sugarman ... Chuch

Miguel Sandoval ... George
Jennifer Balgobin ... Fabienne

Biff Yeager ... Frank McMahon
Shane MacGowan ... Bruno McMahon
Spider Stacy ... Angel Eyes McMahon
Frank Murray ... Biff McMahon
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:86 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:15 | Australia:M | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to the DVD, this movie was made when a proposed concert tour with various punk musicians failed to get funding. Realizing it was easier to get money for a film than for a large scale tour, and with all the musicians having their schedules free, this film was produced instead of a tour. more
Quotes:
Karl: Salsa y ketchup, you tell me and I'll fetch up, K A R L S Disco Wiener Haven, salsa y ketchup, salsa y ketchup more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Burning Down The Store more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Anarchic fun with a superb cast!, 18 January 2003
7/10
Author: smiths-4 from United Kingdom

Picked up the DVD of this for £4.49 and it's worth every penny. Not only is this film a better spoof of westerns than Silverado but it contains enough weird and wonderful characters to give Lynch a run for his money.

Firstly you have got the superb Sy Richardson as Norwood(Tarantinos inspiration for Samuel L's Pulp Fiction character?), Joe Strummer as Simms(RIP), and the 'runt' Dick Rude completing the main trio.

Also popping their heads round Alex Cox's casting room door are: Courtney Love(pregnant Velma), Fox Harris, Kathy Burke, Edward Tudor Pole, Dennis Hopper (IG Farben), Grace Jones, Jim Jarmusch, Miguel Sandoval(Eastwood impression), Xander Berkley(priest), Elvis Costello(butler) and the Pogues(Mcmahon coffee gang)...Superb!!

There is also the great setting of Almeira, the funny costumes, Pray For Rain music and the priceless dialogue(regional dilects etc). So stop criticising and just enjoy yourself in Cox country!!

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