Straight to Hell Movie Review 1987

A wildly senseless, anachronistic western spoof about a motley, inept gang of frontier thieves. An overplayed, indiscriminating punk spaghetti oat-opera.

Distribution

CBS/Fox Video, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Phone: (212)373-4800, Toll-free: 800-800-4369, Fax: (212)373-4803, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 86 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Western Comedy, Satire & Parody

Screenplay

Alex Cox, Dick Rude

Cast

Dennis Hopper, Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, Jim Jarmusch, Dick Rude, Courtney Love, Sy Richardson, Biff Yeager, Xander Berkeley, Shane McGowan

Cinematography

Tom Richmond

Director

Alex Cox

Music

The Pogues, Pray for Rain

Producer

Eric Fellner, Island Pictures