Taglines: There are only two things to do in this small town. One is watching TV.
The Hot Spot movie storyline. 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.
The Hot Spot is a 1990 American neo-noir film directed by Dennis Hopper and based on the 1952 book Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams, who also co-wrote the screenplay. 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.
The soundtrack for the film is composed by Jack Nitzsche and features an original collaboration between John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, Taj Mahal and Roy Rogers. Allmusic describes the soundtrack album as “marvelous music … something listeners should be thankful for, particularly fans of either Miles Davis or John Lee Hooker”.
Cast
Don Johnson as Harry Madox
Virginia Madsen as Dolly Harshaw
Jennifer Connelly as Gloria Harper
Jerry Hardin as George Harshaw
William Sadler as Frank Sutton
Charles Martin Smith as Lon Gulick
Barry Corbin as the Sheriff
Leon Rippy as Deputy Tate
Jack Nance as Julian Ward
Virgil Frye as Deputy Buck
The Hot Spot (1990)
Directed by: Dennis Hopper
Starring: Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, William Sadler, Jerry Hardin, Barry Corbin, Leon Rippy, Margaret Bowman
Screenplay by: Charles Williams, Nona Tyson
Production Design by: Cary White
Cinematography by: Ueli Steiger
Film Editing by: Wende Phifer Mate
Costume Design by: Mary Kay Stolz
Art Direction by: John Frick, Michael J. Sullivan
Music by: Jack Nitzsche
Distributed by: Orion Pictures
Release Date: October 12, 1990
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