In mid-1986, a dusty crew of musicians gathered at an old film location in Almeria, Spain, to don Mariachi uniforms, shoot guns and rub shoulders with Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch and a pre-fame Courtney Love.
The resultant film, Straight To Hell, – a surreal spaghetti western – had a rocky ride from the critics.
A trio of hitmen and a pregnant woman end up stranded in a strange desert town after robbing a bank and trying to escape their boss because of a failed job. In the town, they encounter a series of unusual coffee addicted killers.
Joe Strummer’s Evil Darling is worth the ticket price alone, as indeed is Cait O’Riordan’s beautiful a cappella rendition of Danny Boy.
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Sy Richardson Willy
Dick Rude
Velma
Courtney Love
Simms
Joe Strummer
Karl
Zander Schloss
Poncho
Del Zamora
Sal
Luis Contreras
Mr Amos Dade
Jim Jarmusch
George
Miguel Sandoval
Fabienne
Jennifer Balgobin
Frank
Biff Yeager
Leticia
Sue Kiel
Louise
Michele Winstanley
Preacher
Xander Berkeley
Kim Blousson
Fox Harris
I G Farben
Dennis Hopper
Sonya
Grace Jones
Sabrina
Kathy Burke
Hives
Elvis Costello
The MacMahons
The Pogues
Director Alex Cox
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