Rumble Fish

Rusty James can't live up to his brother's reputation. His brother can't live it down.

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.

Matt Dillon

Rusty James

Mickey Rourke

The Motorcycle Boy

Diane Lane

Patty

Dennis Hopper

Father

Diana Scarwid

Cassandra

Vincent Spano

Steve

Nicolas Cage

Smokey

Chris Penn

B.J. Jackson

Laurence Fishburne

Midget

William Smith

Patterson the Cop

Michael Higgins

Mr. Harrigan

Glenn Withrow

Biff Wilcox

Tom Waits

Benny

Herb Rice

Black Pool Player

Maybelle Wallace

Late Pass Clerk

Nona Manning

Patty's Mom

Sofia Coppola

Donna

Gian-Carlo Coppola

Cousin James