Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975, USA) is a Comedy-Road-Drama film directed by Dick Richards.
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- Featured on: TCM Underground
Main Details
- Released on February 2, 1975
- Color
- Running time: 91 minutes
- Production Co.: Gruskoff-Venture-Linson
- Distribution Co.: Warner Bros.
- Directed by Dick Richards
- Written by John Kaye
- Starring: Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Mackenzie Phillips
Plot Summary
- Hapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California, doesn't put up too much of a fight when two ladies hitch a ride and attempt to kidnap him in their attempt to get to New Orleans; while initially put off, Rafferty finds he's charmed by the kooky pair of misfits and the three of them drive to Las Vegas, Nevada and later Tucson, Arizona, where their bond eventually unravels.
Taglines
- They took Rafferty for everything he had and thereby saved his life.
- Rafferty wasn't going anywhere, anyway.