Straight to Hell (film)

Straight to Hell
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alex Cox
Produced by	Eric Fellner
Written by	Alex Cox Dick Rude
Based on	Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! by Franco Arcalli Giulio Questi María del Carmem Martínez Román Benedetto Benedetti (uncredited)
Starring	Dick Rude Sy Richardson Courtney Love Joe Strummer Dennis Hopper Xander Berkeley Grace Jones Elvis Costello Jim Jarmusch
Music by	Pray for Rain
Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Edited by	David Martin
Distributed by	Island Pictures J&M Entertainment
Release date	26 June 1987 (1987-06-26) (U.S.)
Running time	86 minutes 91 minutes (2010 director's cut)
Country	United Kingdom United States Spain
Language	English
Budget	US$1,000,000 (estimated)
Box office	$210,200

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, 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.

The film has been called a parody of Spaghetti Westerns, and concerns a gang of criminals who become stranded in the desert, where they stumble upon a surreal Western town full of coffee-addicted killers. The film is based on Giulio Questi's Spaghetti Western film, Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967), which Cox was given permission to adapt.

Straight to Hell received few positive reviews upon release, and was not a commercial success, although it later gained something of a cult film status. A soundtrack was also released. On 14 December 2010, an extended cut of the film, titled Straight to Hell Returns, was released on DVD, featuring additional footage and digitally enhanced picture quality. This version of the film, under the collaboration of Alex Cox, was also screened at several cinemas as part of a midnight movie theatrical run.