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''Straight to Hell'' is a 1987 AffectionateParody of [[SpaghettiWestern spaghetti Westerns]], directed by Alex Cox (of ''Film/RepoMan'' fame). Though far from his best film, it still holds cult status for many on account of its AllStarCast of punk elites, including Music/JoeStrummer, Music/ElvisCostello, and Music/ThePogues.

Three hired guns, Simms (Strummer), Willy (Dick Rude), and Norwood (Sy Richardson), sleep in and blow their job. Taking Norwood's pregnant girlfriend Velma (Music/CourtneyLove) with them, they rob a bank and flee to an OutlawTown run by the [=McMahon=] gang (The Pogues), a [[BanditClan family]] of maniacal [[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext coffee addicts]] hell bent on finding the heroes' riches. HilarityEnsues.

The film's kooky cast of characters also includes a [[ButtMonkey constantly harried]] sausage vendor named Karl (Zander Schloss of Circle Jerks), the [=McMahon=]s' sassy Butler, Hives (Costello), a neurotic store clerk and his [[UglyGuyHotWife hot wife]], and plenty of [[LightIsNotGood bad guys in white suits]]. Oh, and Creator/DennisHopper and Creator/GraceJones for some reason.

It may not be terribly well directed, or acted, or edited, or... anything, really, but it's regarded by fans to be SoBadItsGood. And anyway, as you'd expect with a cast and crew of musicians, the soundtrack's pretty damn good.

Has nothing to do with the song by Music/TheClash, despite starring their frontman as the main character.

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!!Tropes used:
* BadassLongcoat: The [=McMahons=] all wear long duster coats during their final stand. They actually belonged to The Pogues prior to filming and were featured on the back cover of their first album.
* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: [[spoiler:Ed [=McMahon=], holding Willy at gunpoint, offers to spare his life, only to have Willy shoot him right in the head.]]
%%* BanditClan: The [=McMahons=].
* BlackAndGreyMorality: The main characters aren't exactly the best people. Heck, Simms even [[spoiler:shoots Willy, planning to keep the money for himself]].
%%* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: There's a lot of these throughout the film.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Karl. No one seems to like him. Over the course of the film he gets kicked, drowned, stabbed [[spoiler:and is eventually shot dead]] with absolutely no provocation whatsoever.
* ClosedCircle: Our criminal heroes wouldn't have ended up in outlaw territory if their car hadn't broken down.
%%* {{Cowboy}}: The [=McMahons=] are these.
* NewOldWest: There's enough cars, punk rock and coffee machines to place the setting firmly in the 80s.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Despite being filmed in Spain and set in Mexico, most of the town's residents have British accents, with a few Americans and a couple of Irishmen mixed in. Shane [=MacGowan=]'s North London drawl is especially out of place.
%%* OutlawTown: Most of the action takes place in one of these. A name for the town is never given.
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