Deadly Drifter is a satirical 1982 film directed by Eli Hollander. The film is based on Ronald Sukenick

Ronald Sukenick

Ronald Sukenick was an American writer and literary theorist.-Life:Sukenick studied at Cornell University, and wrote his doctoral thesis on Wallace Stevens, at Brandeis University ....

's 1973 novel, OUT

Out

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. It stars Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad campaign. He has also served as on-camera co-host of the 2000 Oscar...

, O-Lan Jones

O-Lan Jones

O-Lan Jones is an American actress. Her name came from the novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.-Selected Filmography:-References:...

, and Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Danny Lebern Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is perhaps best known for his role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film franchise.-Early life:...

. The movie tells the tale of Rex (Coyote) roaming the country doing various assignments for a mysterious group of people they call "Our Friends."

Synopsis

Deadly Drifter is about a team, known as "Our Friends", searching for the old man that is dying. The trip to find the old man takes many twists and turns along the way, as you see through the eyes of the main character, Rex/Harrold.

Structure

Deadly Drifter is structured in a 10 part journey/road film across America from the East to the West. The characters appear and disappear, morphing into other personalities and often using lines from previous scenes, thus the film, though linear, is a cyclic story. The movie was immortalized by O-Lan Jones

O-Lan Jones

O-Lan Jones is an American actress. Her name came from the novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.-Selected Filmography:-References:...

's heartrending lines "allow simmer" and "you can't have the schleung."