''Lust in the Dust'' is a 1985

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starring

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, and

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, and directed by

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Plot

Dance-hall girl Rosie Velez, lost in the desert, is helped to safety by gunman Abel Wood. In the town of Chili Verde, at the saloon of Marguerita Ventura, word of a treasure in gold brings Abel into conflict with outlaw Hard Case Williams and his gang.

Cast

as Abel Wood *

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as Rosie Velez *

as Marguerita Ventura *

as Father Garcia *

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as Hard Case Williams *

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as Bernardo *

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as Richard "Red Dick" Barker *

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as Ninfa *

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as Ed "Big Ed" *

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as Blackman, Hard Case Gang *

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as Mexican, Hard Case Gang

Production

The title was taken from the nickname given to

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's 1946 film '' Duel in the Sun''.

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was asked to direct, but refused because he did not write the script. Edith Massey was cast as Big Ed, but died shortly after her

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.''Lust in the Dust (1985)''
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took place in

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

. In the original script, Rosie was supposed to die but the filmmakers changed their mind during filming.

Critical reception

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'' said "Lust In The Dust is a saucy, irreverent, quite funny send-up of the Western. Film takes some of the old-time conventions – the silent stranger, the saloon singer with a past, the motley crew of crazed gunslingers, the missing stash of gold – and stands them on their head with outrageous comedy and imaginative casting."

Music

:''All songs composed by Karen Hart'' # "Tarnished Tumbleweed" – Mike Stull # "These Lips Were Made for Kissin'" –

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# "South of My Border" –

References

External links

* * {{Paul Bartel 1985 films 1985 comedy films 1980s English-language films 1980s Western (genre) comedy films 1980s parody films American Western (genre) comedy films American independent films American parody films Films directed by Paul Bartel New World Pictures films 1980s American films