A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.
Direction
Alex Cox's punk destruction of western tropes is deliciously unhinged.
Acting
Joe Strummer's deadpan criminal energy is accidental genius.
Production
Built a fake town in Spain with Repo Man's leftover cash.
Director
Alex Cox
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cox built the entire town in Almería, Spain on the abandoned sets of Sergio Leone's westerns, using leftover funds from Repo Man's success.
The Pogues and Joe Strummer improvised most of their scenes while genuinely drunk; Courtney Love's role was her last before Hole exploded.
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