Rustler's Rhapsody (1985)
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67% of users liked it
(1,570 ratings)
An amusing spoof of the good 'ole westerns back in the halcyon days when all the cliches were held up as icons, this parody by Hugh Wilson works best for savvy audiences. Rex O'Herlihan (Tom Berenger) is a singing cowboy with a wardrobe straight out of the Hollywood westerns of the '40s… More An amusing spoof of the good 'ole westerns back in the halcyon days when all the cliches were held up as icons, this parody by Hugh Wilson works best for savvy audiences. Rex O'Herlihan (Tom Berenger) is a singing cowboy with a wardrobe straight out of the Hollywood westerns of the '40s -- he worships his horse, and has a trusty sidekick too. Every town he wanders into has a sheriff on the dole, a shady cattle rancher, a prostitute with a heart of gold, an innocent young damsel, a town drunk, and the standard bad guys in black hats and long coats (Spaghetti-western style) who brutalize the poor sheep ranchers. After setting things straight in each identical town as he goes, Rex is beginning to feel like a re-run junky when he saunters into a town that is slightly different -- and the parodies continue. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Hugh Wilson
- Written By
- Hugh Wilson
- Genres
- Western, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
- In Theaters
- May 10, 1985 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Its one-note joke wore thin for me mighty soon.
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Cast
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Tom Berenger
as Rex O'Herlihan
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G.W. Bailey
as Peter
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Marilu Henner
as Tracey
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Andy Griffith
as Col. Ticonderoga
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Fernando Rey
as Railroad colonel
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Sela Ward
as Col. Ticonderoga's Daughter
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Patrick Wayne
as Bob Barber
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Brant Van Hoffman
as Jim
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Christopher Malcolm
as Jud
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Jim Carter
as Blackie
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Billy Mitchell
as Town Doctor
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Margarita Calahorra
as Sheepherder's Wife
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Emilio Linder
as Sheepherder in Saloon
- Gates McFadden
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John Orchard
as Town Sheriff
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Manuel Pereiro
as Sheepherder
- José M. Sacristán
- Hal Burton
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Paul Maxwell
as Sheepherder
- Camilo Vila
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Thomas Abbott
as Saloon Owner
- Jorge Brito
- George Bullock
- Tabare Carballo
- Ignacio Carreno
- Alicia F. Cavada
- Basilio Esudero
- Solier Fagundez
- Eduardo Emiro García
- Miguel Garcia
- Francisco José Gómez Romero
- Gabriel Laguna
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Alan Larson
as Bartender
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Juan Miguel Manrique
as Town Boy
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Elmer Modlin
as Real Estate Broker
- Eugenio Serrano
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Dennis Vaughan
as Minister
- Roman Ariz-Navaretta
- Brant von Hoffman