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  • Director: Max Kleven
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Movie Type: Psychological Drama
  • Themes: Home From the War
  • Release Year: 1981
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

A shell-shocked Vietnam vet escapes from an Alabama mental ward and tries to hole up in a little county town. He uses his jungle fighting tactics to defend himself from the Southern thugs who hassle him and the local yokels set up a manhunt to capture him. ~ All Movie Guide

Cast

Dirk Benedict - Kyle Hanson; Linda Blair - Jenny Bellows; Richard Farnsworth - Sheriff Jethro Pough; Ben Johnson - Mr. Sam Bellows; Taylor Lacher - Sarge; Clifford A. Pellow - Homer; Jon Van Ness; Matt Clark - CeCe; Jerry Gatlin - Bubba; Ben Bates - Big Ben

Credit

Max Kleven - Director, Tommy Vig - Composer (Music Score), Willie Nelson - Songwriter, Hank Cochran - Songwriter, Don Burgess - Cinematographer, Paul Maslansky - Producer, Max Kleven - Screenwriter

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Ruckus
Directed by Max Kleven
Produced by Paul Maslansky
Written by Max Kleven
Starring Dirk Benedict
Linda Blair
Richard Farnsworth
Matt Clark
Jon Van Ness
Taylor Lacher
Clifford A. Pellow
Ben Bates
Music by Tommy Vig
Cinematography Don Burgess
Michael A. Jones
Editing by Angelo Bernarducci
Distributed by New World Pictures
Release date(s) March, 1981
Running time 93 min.
Country United States
Language English

Ruckus is a 1981 film.

Plot summary

Kyle Hanson is an emotionally bruised veteran of the Vietnam War and finds himself unable to rejoin the mainstream society. While stopping in a small town to get some food, local bullies begin harassing him. Relying on his special forces training, he manages to get away, only to become hunted by the locals. One lone woman is willing to lend him a hand.

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