Deadly Drifter

Deadly Drifter
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Directed by	Eli Hollander
Produced by	Eli Hollander
Written by	Ronald Sukenick (novel & screenplay), Eli Hollander (screenplay)
Starring	Peter Coyote, O-Lan Jones, Jim Haynie
Music by	David Cope
Cinematography	Robert Ball
Editing by	Eli Hollander
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date(s)	1982
Running time	83 min
Country	USA
Language	English

Deadly Drifter (also known as Out) is a satirical 1982 film directed by Eli Hollander. The film is based on Ronald Sukenick's 1973 novel, OUT. It stars Peter Coyote, O-Lan Jones, and Danny Glover. The movie tells the tale of Rex (Coyote) roaming the country doing various assignments for a mysterious group of people they call "Our Friends."

Synopsis

Deadly Drifter is about a team, known as "Our Friends", searching for the old man that is dying. The trip to find the old man takes many twists and turns along the way, as you see through the eyes of the main character, Rex/Harrold.

Structure

Deadly Drifter is structured in a 10 part journey/road film across America from the East to the West. The characters appear and disappear, morphing into other personalities and often using lines from previous scenes, thus the film, though linear, is a cyclic story. The movie was immortalized by O-Lan Jones's heartrending lines "allow simmer" and "you can't have the schleung."

External links

• Deadly Drifter at the Internet Movie Database
• Deadly Drifter at AllRovi