Rafferty wasn't going anywhere anyway.

Hapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California, doesn't put up too much of a fight when two ladies hitch a ride and attempt to kidnap him in their attempt to get to New Orleans; while initially put off, Rafferty finds he's charmed by the kooky pair of misfits and the three of them drive to Las Vegas, Nevada and later Tucson, Arizona, where their bond eventually unravels.


Release Date: February 2 , 1975 @ the Beekman, Manhattan

Distrib: Warner Brothers

Warner Brothers kept this small film on the shelf until after FREEBIE AND THE BEAN-also starring Arkin -was released and became a hit. despite that-GOLD DUST had none of that in its eyes and died at the box-office.

It developed a following on HBO and was later retitled RAFFERTY AND THE HIGHWAY HUSTLERS when it premiered on NBC-TV.