Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    Nostalgia Central
    • Home
    • Blog
      • Lists
    • Television
      • TV by Decade
        • TV – 1950s
        • TV – 1960s
        • TV – 1970s
        • TV – 1980s
        • TV – 1990s
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Kids TV
      • Variety
      • News & Sport
      • Advertisements
    • Music
      • Music by Decade
        • Music – 1950s
        • Music – 1960s
        • Music – 1970s
        • Music – 1980s
        • Music – 1990s
      • Artists – A to K
        • Artists – A
        • Artists – B
        • Artists – C
        • Artists – D
        • Artists – E
        • Artists – F
        • Artists – G
        • Artists – H
        • Artists – I
        • Artists – J
        • Artists – K
      • Artists – L to Z
        • Artists – L
        • Artists – M
        • Artists – N
        • Artists – O
        • Artists – P
        • Artists – Q
        • Artists – R
        • Artists – S
        • Artists – T
        • Artists – U
        • Artists – V
        • Artists – W
        • Artists – X
        • Artists – Y
        • Artists – Z
      • Artists – 0 to 9
      • Genres
      • Music on Film & TV
      • One-Hit Wonders
      • Playlists
      • Online Radio
    • Movies
      • Movies by Decade
        • Movies – 1950s
        • Movies – 1960s
        • Movies – 1970s
        • Movies – 1980s
        • Movies – 1990s
      • Movies – 0 to 9
      • Movies – A to K
        • Movies – A
        • Movies – B
        • Movies – C
        • Movies – D
        • Movies – E
        • Movies – F
        • Movies – G
        • Movies – H
        • Movies – I
        • Movies – J
        • Movies – K
      • Movies – L to Z
        • Movies – L
        • Movies – M
        • Movies – N
        • Movies – O
        • Movies – P
        • Movies – Q
        • Movies – R
        • Movies – S
        • Movies – T
        • Movies – U
        • Movies – V
        • Movies – W
        • Movies – X
        • Movies – Y
        • Movies – Z
    • Pop Culture
      • Fads
      • Toys & Games
      • Fashion
      • Decor
      • Food & Drink
      • People
      • Technology
      • Transport
    • Social History
      • 1950s Year by Year
      • 1960s Year by Year
      • 1970s Year by Year
      • 1980s Year by Year
      • 1990s Year by Year
      • Events
    Nostalgia Central
    Home»Movies»Movies by Decade»Movies - 1980s
    Movies - 1980s Movies - L 2 Mins Read

    Lust in the Dust (1984)

    Share
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email

    Out-of-work saloon singer Rosie Velez (Divine) lurches across the desert on a burro. She’s carrying a dainty parasol and wearing a not-so-simple peasant outfit and enough eye shadow to cover most of New Mexico.

    Pausing at an oasis, Rosie is taken by surprise by a handsome hard-bitten stranger named Abel Wood (Tab Hunter channelling Clint Eastwood’s spaghetti western Man with No Name).

    Joining Abel on the trail to the (fictional) border town of Chili Verde, Rosie describes her sexual assault by a gang of third world bandits. Flashbacks show that the bad guys met their match in Rosie whose appetite in all things is insatiable.

    The rest of the plot involves buried gold and the seedy citizens of Chili Verde who are after it. They include voluptuous cantina owner Marguerita Ventura (Lainie Kazan), Bible-quoting outlaw Hard Case Williams (Geoffrey Lewis) and Marguerita’s Latin lover, Bernardo (Henry Silva).

    Half of the treasure map is tattooed on Rosie’s derriere and the other half on someone else’s. But whose? One of the films many low points is reached when that question is answered in a cheek-to-cheek close-up.

    The script is slow-moving but Divine and Lainie Kazan get the most out of their raunchy roles and compete for low-camp number of the year with their respective songs. Tab Hunter seems to enjoy poking fun at the characters he played in earnest 30 years previously.

    Two charming supporting performances stand out: Cesar Romero, looking agelessly regal, plays the amusingly unreliable Father Garcia and tiny Nedra Volz is a living doll as the world’s oldest dance hall hostess.

    Abel Wood
    Tab Hunter
    Rosie Velez
    Divine (Glenn Milstead)
    Marguerita Ventura
    Lainie Kazan
    Hard Case Williams
    Geoffrey Lewis
    Bernardo
    Henry Silva
    Father Garcia
    Cesar Romero
    Ninfa
    Gina Gallego
    Big Ed
    Nedra Volz
    Red Dick Barker
    Courtney Gains
    Blackman
    Woody Strode
    Mexican
    Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
    Clarence
    Daniel Frishman
    Chang
    Ernie Shinagawa

    Director
    Paul Bartel

    Related Posts

    • Escape From New York (1981)
      Escape From New York (1981)
      The year is 1997 (the future) and the island of…
    • Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
      Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
      This biting social/sexual satire was from the same team responsible…
    • Life at the Top (1965)
      Life at the Top (1965)
      Joe Lampton returns in this sequel to Room At The…
    • Best Of Times, The (1986)
      Best Of Times, The (1986)
      Robin Williams and Kurt Russell play two of life's failures…
    • Polyester (1981)
      Polyester (1981)
      Former Baltimore hairdresser Harris Glenn Milstead carved quite a career…
    • Friday the 13th, Part 3 (1982)
      Friday the 13th, Part 3 (1982)
      The third film in the Friday the 13th series was…
    • Last Action Hero (1993)
      Last Action Hero (1993)
      An Arnold Schwarzenegger backlash had been on the cards for…
    • Bronco Billy (1980)
      Bronco Billy (1980)
      Clint Eastwood directed this light and pleasing adventure comedy about…

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email
    Previous ArticleTamarind Seed, The (1974)
    Next Article Scarf Jack

    Comments are closed.

    Follow us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    You May Also Like
    • Marty Wilde
      Marty Wilde (real name Reg Smith) was the first of the Larry […]
    • Made In Britain (1983)
      From a fact-based screenplay by David Leland (Wish You Were […]
    • Ed Sullivan Show, The (Toast Of The Town)
      1 9 4 8 – 1 9 7 1 (USA) Anyone who watched television in […]
    • Wonderful World Of Disney, The/ Disneyland
      1 9 5 4 – 1 9 8 3 (USA) 1 9 8 6 – 1 9 9 0 (USA) This […]
    • Cleopatra (1963)
      For her role as the last pharaoh of Egypt in Fox’s […]
    • Trumpton
      1 9 6 7 (UK) 13 x 15 minute episodes Here is the clock […]
    Twitter Feed
    Please note


    Nostalgia Central covers the period 1950 to 1999 and contains some words and references which reflect the attitudes of those times and which may be considered culturally sensitive, offensive or inappropriate today.
    Popular Tags
    1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 Action Figures Amicus Arcade games Australia Beach movies Beatles Blaxploitation Board games Britpop Canada Crime Disco Disney Doo-Wop Elvis Presley Girl groups Glam Goth Hammer Heavy Metal Irwin Allen Labels Merseybeat Mod revival Motown New Romantic New Wave NWOBHM Oi! One-hit wonders Power Pop Pub rock Punk Radio Scotland Ska Soul music Surf music
    Search Nostalgia Central
    Copyright © 1998, 2022 Nostalgia Central
    • About
    • Contact
    • FAQ

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.