Ruckus (1980)

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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.

• Rating:
  PG
• Genre:
  Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
• Directed By:
  Max Kleven
• Written By:
  Max Kleven
• In Theaters:
  Dec 31, 1980  wide
• Runtime:
  91 minutes
• Studio:
  International Vision Productions

Cast

Dirk Benedict
as Kyle Hanson

Linda Blair
as Jenny Bellows

Ben Bates
as Big Ben

Richard Farnsworth
as Sheriff Jethro Pough

Matt Clark
as CeCe

Jerry Gatlin
as Bubba

Jon Van Ness

Ben Johnson
as Mr. Sam Bellows

Taylor Lacher
as Sarge

Clifford A. Pellow
as Homer

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