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Lust in the Dust (1985)

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Reviews Counted:8

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Average Rating:4.6/10

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Paul Bartel's classic "anti-western" kicks off when news that a cache in gold is buried somewhere in the New Mexican town of Chile Verde, attracts a menagerie of cowboys, desperados, and... Paul Bartel's classic "anti-western" kicks off when news that a cache in gold is buried somewhere in the New Mexican town of Chile Verde, attracts a menagerie of cowboys, desperados, and gunfighters in search of the treasure. When the gruff enigmatic cowpoke known as Abel Wood (Hunter) teams up with a defiled singer (Divine) and a saloon owner (Kazan) the trio unites in a frenzy of greed and lust the likes of which Chile Verde has scarcely seen. How far will these disparate outlaws go to procure the treasure for themselves? [More]

Starring: Tab Hunter, Geoffrey Lewis, Divine, Lainie Kazan

Starring: Tab Hunter, Geoffrey Lewis, Divine, Lainie Kazan, Cesar Romero, Henry Silva

Director: Paul Bartel

Director: Paul Bartel

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Cult movies like this one are what home video is all about, but avoid forcing it on your friends

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Obvious gags and mind-numbing gross-out schtick.

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