The Hot Spot

The Hot Spot is a 1990 neo-noir film in which, 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.

Directed by Dennis Hopper. Written by Charles Williams and Nora Tyson, based on Williams' 1953 novel Hell Hath No Fury.

There are only two things to do in this small town. One is watching TV...  taglines

Harry Madox

• If you fall out of bed again the cockroaches are gonna start talkin.

Dolly Harshaw

• [after having sex in a car lot] That was more fun than eating cotton-candy barefoot.

Dialogue

Frank Sutton: So you're a tough guy, huh?

Harry Madox: No, you're the tough guy. I'm worse.

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Dolly Harshaw: There's only two things to do in this town. You got a TV?

Harry Madox: Nope.

Dolly Harshaw: Well then, you're down to one. Lotsa luck!

Taglines

• There are only two things to do in this small town. One is watching TV...

• Safe is never sex. It's dangerous.

• Film Noir Like You've Never Seen.

Cast

• Don Johnson - Harry Madox
• Virginia Madsen - Dolly Harshaw
• Jennifer Connelly - Gloria Harper
• Debra Cole - Irene Davey
• w:Jerry Hardin - George Harshaw
• William Sadler - Frank Sutton
• Charles Martin Smith - Lon Gulick
• Barry Corbin - the Sheriff
• Leon Rippy - Deputy Tate
• Jack Nance - Julian Ward
• Virgil Frye - Deputy Buck

External links

• The Hot Spot quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Hot Spot at Allmovie
• The Hot Spot at Mojo
• The Hot Spot at Rotten Tomatoes