Straight to Hell
Straight to Hell is a 1987 independent action comedy film directed by Alex Cox and starring Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer (frontman of the Clash), Dick Rude, and Courtney Love. The film also features cameos by Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, Edward Tudor-Pole, Kathy Burke, and Jim Jarmusch. Band members of the Pogues, Amazulu, and the Circle Jerks are also featured in the film. The film borrows its title from the Clash's 1982 song of the same name.
Plot
Three hitmen, Willy, Norwood, and Simms are staying in a posh Los Angeles hotel. After failing a job, they take off in a car with a pregnant woman named Velma, who is in on their scheme. They flee to Mexico to escape the wrath of their boss, Amos Dade, and rob a bank along the way. While driving through the desert, their car breaks down. They bury their suitcase of money and begin to walk.
More details
| author | Alex Cox Dick Rude |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mexico |
| director | Alex Cox |
| editor | David Martin |
| genre | action comedy western |
| keywords | addict advertise build bury drive espresso machine even gallows hardware store hot dog stand i.g. farben inebriate kill laugh los angeles low profile morning oil company piñatas pregnant woman run set on fire vanish wrath |
| musicBy | Pray for Rain |
| producer | Eric Fellner |
| publisher | Island Pictures J&M Entertainment |
| recordedAt | Almería |
| theme | action comedy independent spaghetti western |