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“Yea, though I walk through the . . . uh . . . shadow of Death Valley.”  And so begins the Paul Bartel send up of spaghetti westerns, Lust in the Dust.  With Divine as dance hall girl Rosie Velez, Tab Hunter as the mysterious stranger Able Wood, and Lainie Kazan as the local madame Marguerita, a group of oddball characters (including Cesar Romero and Geoffrey Lewis) search for the lost gold of Chili Verde.  Well worth watching.