Lust in the Dust

"He rode the West... The girls rode the rest! Together they ravaged the land!"

1985 1h 24m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 47

ComedyWestern

Synopsis

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Assaulted by outlaws, donkey-riding Rosie joins a silent drifter's search for gold in the Old West.

“He rode the West... The girls rode the rest! Together they ravaged the land!”

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Cast

Tab Hunter
Abel Wood
Divine
Rosie Velez
Lainie Kazan
Marguerita Ventura
Geoffrey Lewis
Hard Case Williams
Henry Silva
Bernardo
Cesar Romero
Father Garcia
Gina Gallego
Ninfa
Nedra Volz
Big Ed

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Bartel
Writers: Philip John Taylor
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Peter Matz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alan Toomayan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Tab Hunter and Divine and Lainie Kazan carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "He rode the West... The girls rode the rest! Together they ravaged the land!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Paul Bartel directs. Peter Matz scores. Alan Toomayan cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
341 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5Original score by Peter Matz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Alan Toomayan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tab Hunter and Divine and Lainie Kazan carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "He rode the West... The girls rode the rest! Together they ravaged the land!".
9IMDB entry: tt0089523 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 47 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 14 themes, including "gold", "saloon", "dancer", "transvestite".