Rust Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Aug. 31, 2025

Rust

Release Date: Friday, May 2, 2025 Limited Friday, May 2, 2025 VOD / Digital

Director: Joel Souza

Starring: Alec Baldwin • Frances Fisher • Josh Hopkins • Travis Fimmel • Patrick Scott McDermott

N/A Action N/A

69% WILL SEE 31% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Western outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin), who has a bounty on his head, discovers his 13 year-old grandson is convicted of an accidental murder and sentenced to hang. Rust travels to Kansas to break his Grandson out of prison, and the two fugitives must escape bounty hunters and a legandary U.S. Marshall.

Action Western

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Who stars in Rust – Cast List

Alec Baldwin
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, The Departed
F
Frances Fisher
The Wrong Paris, Titanic - 25 Year Anniversary
J
Josh Hopkins
Car Dogs, Crown Vic
T
Travis Fimmel
WarCraft, Delia's Gone
P
Patrick Scott McDermott
Devon Werkheiser
Beneath the Darkness, Leashed
R
Rhys Coiro
Trust, Entourage
X
Xander Berkeley
No Address, Proud Mary
J
Jake Busey
Killing Mary Sue, Identity

Who is making Rust – Crew List

A look at Rust behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Joel Souza last helmed Crown Vic. The film's writer Joel Souza last penned Crown Vic.

Director: Joel Souza
Screenwriter: Joel Souza
Producers: Alec Baldwin
Anna Granucci
Anjul Nigam

Studios: Falling Forward Films
Production Company: El Dorado Pictures

Production – What we know about the Rust

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Mar 2025

Completed

Changed Rust movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jun 2020

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in 'development hell.'

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

Rust Trailers and Clips

Rust

Official Trailer #2

Rust

Official Trailer

Rust Release Date: When was the film released?

Rust was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, May 2 , 2025. There were 16 16 other movies released on the same date, including Thunderbolts*, A Desert and Off the Record. As a limited release, Rust was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.