Rusty-James is a fictional character in author S. E. Hinton's 1975 novel Rumble Fish. The book was adapted to film and directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983. In the film, Rusty-James is played by Matt Dillon. In the book, Rusty James is a tall 14 year old kid in Junior High School with dark red hair and Hershey brown eyes.
In 2012, Green Day released the album ¡Uno!, which includes a song named Rusty James. The song is talking about the gangs that came out of fashion as mentioned in the book.