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The Hot Spot is a 1990 American neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper, based on the 1953 novel Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
May 29, 2024 · Directed by Dennis Hopper and released in 1990, this neo-noir film stars Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, and Jennifer Connelly. Set in a small Texas town, the movie follows a drifter named Harry who becomes entangled in a web of deceit, crime, and passion.
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When the drifter Harry Madox reaches a small town in Texas, he gets a job as used car salesman with the dealer George Harshaw and settles down in a hotel room. During a fire, Harry observes that the local bank is left empty and open without any security.
The Hot Spot is a 1990 American film noir directed by Dennis Hopper and based on the 1952 book Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams. It stars Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, and Jennifer Connelly, and features a score by Jack Nitzsche played by John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, Taj Mahal, Roy Rogers and drummer Earl Palmer.
A loner drives into a small Texas town and gets an idea for robbing a small local bank after he tries to open a new bank account at the same time a fire occurs nearby.
Harry Madox (Don Johnson) is a drifter who settles into a small Texas town, taking a job at a used car dealership. He proceeds to have affairs with the sultry Dolly Harshaw (Virginia Madsen), the...
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Overview. Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank. Charles Williams. Novel, Screenplay. Dennis Hopper. Director. Nona Tyson. Screenplay. Written by Wuchak on November 27, 2022.
Dennis Hopper's The Hot Spot, a scorching cinematic slice of film noir, is the type of movie that demands to be shown only in well air-conditioned cineplexes.
Oct 12, 1990 · Only movie lovers who have marinated their imaginations in the great B movies from RKO and Republic will recognize The Hot Spot as a superior work in an old tradition - as a manipulation of story elements as mannered and deliberate, in its way, as variations on a theme for the piano.
