Rumble Fish
“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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Cast
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Matt Dillon
Rusty James
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Mickey Rourke
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Diane Lane
Patty
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Dennis Hopper
Father
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Diana Scarwid
Cassandra
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Vincent Spano
Steve
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Oscar
Nicolas Cage
Smokey
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The Croods
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Chris Penn
B.J. Jackson
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Reservoir Dogs
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Laurence Fishburne
Midget
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William Smith
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Michael Higgins
Mr. Harrigan
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Glenn Withrow
Biff Wilcox
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Francis Ford Coppola Director · S.E. Hinton Screenplay Stewart Copeland Composer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $10M · United States release October 9, 1983
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,494,480
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
American Zoetrope
Production
Hotweather Films
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 7, 1983
Premiere · New York Film Festival
United States · October 9, 1983
Limited theatrical
United States
October 21, 1983 · Theatrical
Australia
October 25, 1984 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 9, 1983 · TV
Brazil
October 20, 1983 · Theatrical
France
February 15, 1984 · Theatrical
February 8, 2017 · Physical
Germany
October 20, 1983 · Theatrical
Japan
July 21, 1984 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 22, 1986 · Theatrical
June 15, 2002 · TV · Net 5
August 26, 2004 · Physical · DVD
December 31, 2013 · Physical · Blu-ray
Spain
September 24, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 9, 1983 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
August 20, 2007 · Physical · DVD
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