Greaser's Palace

• Director: Robert Downey, Sr.
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Western
• Movie Type: Satire, Religious Comedy
• Themes: Sheriffs and Outlaws, Lone Wolves, Culture Clash
• Main Cast: Elsie Downey, Jackson Haynes, Alex Hitchcock, John Paul Hudson, Larry Moyer, Don Smolen
• Release Year: 1972
• Country: US
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• MPAA Rating: NR

Plot

In Greaser's Palace, Alan Arbus plays a zoot-suited character named Jesse, who is not only a Christlike figure, he is Christ. En route to Jerusalem, where he hopes to find work as a "singer-dancer-actor," Jesse finds himself in a dusty western town. At first, he is targeted for extermination by town boss Seaweedhead Greaser (Albert Henderson) but all this changes when he brings Greaser's son Lamy (Michael Sullivan) back from the dead. Jesse's healing powers lead to all sorts of wacked-out complications and, inevitably, a bizarre confrontation with the town looney, exotic dancer Cholera (Luana Anders). A very young Robert Downey Jr. (the son of the director) appears as a Quasimodo-like child. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Allan Arbus - Jesse; Toni Basil - Indian Girl; Don Calfa - Morris; Woodrow Chambliss - Father; Robert Downey, Jr.; Pablo Ferro - Indian; Stanley Gottlieb - Spitunia; Albert Henderson - Seaweedhead Greaser; Joe Madden - Man With Painting; Herve Villechaize - Mr. Spitunia; Luana Anders - Cholera Greaser; George Morgan - Coo Coo; James Antonio - Vernon; Michael Sullivan - Lamy Greaser; Ron Nealy - Card Man; Lawrence Wolf - French Padre; Elsie Downey - The Woman; Jackson Haynes - Rope Man; Alex Hitchcock - Nun; John Paul Hudson - Smiley; Larry Moyer - Captain Good; Don Smolen - Gip

Credit

Robert J. Koster - First Assistant Director, Robert Downey, Sr. - Director, Bud Smith - Editor, Jack Nitzsche - Composer (Music Score), Pat Doble - Makeup, Peter Powell - Cinematographer, Cyma Rubin - Producer, David Forman - Set Designer, Robert Downey, Sr. - Screenwriter

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