From Dusk Till Dawn From Dusk Till Dawn Japanese LD LaserDisc An action horror film written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Robert Rodriguez of "Desperado." The Gecko brothers, a pair of vicious bank robbers, take a family of traveling pastors hostage in a trailer and flee to Mexico. "From Dusk Till Dawn" is a 1996 American horror action film. Based on a plot created by special makeup designer Robert Kurtzman, Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay and Robert Rodriguez directed. The film stars George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino, among others. Directed by: Robert Rodriguez Screenplay by: Quentin Tarantino Original Story by: Robert Kurtzman Produced by: Gianni Nunnari Meir Teper Executive Producers: Lawrence Bender Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino Starring: George Clooney Quentin Tarantino Harvey Keitel Juliette Lewis Ernest Liu Salma Hayek Cheech Marin Danny Trejo Tom Savini Fred Williamson Music by: Graeme Revell Cinematography by: Guillermo Navarro Edited by: Robert Rodriguez Distributed by: United States: Dimension Films Japan: Shochiku Fuji Release Date: United States: January 19, 1996 Japan: June 15, 1996 Running time: 108 minutes