Movie
Rumble Fish
1983R1h 34m7.0 / 10
Rusty James can't live up to his brother's reputation. His brother can't live it down.
Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
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Synopsis
Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
More about Rumble Fish
Cast
Matt DillonRusty James
Mickey RourkeThe Motorcycle Boy
Diane LanePatty
Dennis HopperFather
Diana ScarwidCassandra
Vincent SpanoSteve
Nicolas CageSmokey
Chris PennB.J. JacksonCredits
- Directed by
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Written by
- Francis Ford Coppola, S.E. Hinton, S.E. Hinton
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $2.5M
Production
American ZoetropeUnited States- Hotweather Films
Themes
based on young adult novelbrother brother relationshipdrearygangpool billiardsstreet gangthugtulsa, oklahoma
