The Hot Spot

– A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the loca..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 10 Minutes
Release Year:
1990
The Hot Spot (1990)

A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.

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Producing Country:
USA
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The Hot Spot (1990) - Trailer

Release Date:

26 Oct 1990

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Dennis Hopper

Writer:

Charles Williams (book), Nona Tyson (screenplay), Charles Williams (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith

Plot:

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. Soon he plots a scheme to rob the bank, provoking a fire in his room to distract the employees. When Harry meets George's wife Dolly Harshaw, the easy woman teases him and they have sex. Harry becomes the prime suspect of the bank heist and is arrested, but Dolly provides the necessary alibi to release him and then blackmails him into having a love affair with her. However, Harry falls in love with Gloria Harper, who works as an accountant at the dealership. He discovers that Gloria is being blackmailed by the despicable Frank Sutton, and he decides to press Sutton.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.4/10
Metacritic:
56%