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Hot Spot

Original title: The Hot Spot
  • 1990
  • R
  • 2h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
13K
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Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen in Hot Spot (1990)
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CrimeDramaRomance

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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Dennis Hopper
  • Writers
    • Charles Williams
    • Nona Tyson
  • Stars
    • Don Johnson
    • Virginia Madsen
    • Jennifer Connelly
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,791
    432
    • Director
      • Dennis Hopper
    • Writers
      • Charles Williams
      • Nona Tyson
    • Stars
      • Don Johnson
      • Virginia Madsen
      • Jennifer Connelly
    • 97User reviews
    • 59Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Videos2

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:49
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    The Hot Spot
    Clip 2:25
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    Jennifer Connelly, Don Johnson, and Virginia Madsen in Hot Spot (1990)
    Hot Spot (1990)
    Jennifer Connelly in Hot Spot (1990)
    Don Johnson in Hot Spot (1990)
    Jennifer Connelly in Hot Spot (1990)
    Jennifer Connelly in Hot Spot (1990)
    Don Johnson in Hot Spot (1990)
    Don Johnson in Hot Spot (1990)
    Don Johnson in Hot Spot (1990)
    Virginia Madsen in Hot Spot (1990)
    Virginia Madsen in Hot Spot (1990)
    Jennifer Connelly in Hot Spot (1990)

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    Don Johnson
    Don Johnson
    • Harry Madox
    Virginia Madsen
    Virginia Madsen
    • Dolly Harshaw
    Jennifer Connelly
    Jennifer Connelly
    • Gloria Harper
    Charles Martin Smith
    Charles Martin Smith
    • Lon Gulick
    William Sadler
    William Sadler
    • Frank Sutton
    Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    • George Harshaw
    Barry Corbin
    Barry Corbin
    • Sheriff
    Leon Rippy
    Leon Rippy
    • Deputy Tate
    Jack Nance
    Jack Nance
    • Julian Ward
    Virgil Frye
    Virgil Frye
    • Deputy Buck
    John Hawker
    • Uncle Mort
    Margaret Bowman
    Margaret Bowman
    • Woman at Gas Station
    Debra Cole
    • Irene Davey
    Karen Culley
    • Cowgirl
    Cody Haynes
    • Cowboy
    George Haynes
    • Mr. Haynes
    James N. Harrell
    • Elderly Man
    • (as James Harrell)
    Edith Mills
    • Elderly Woman
    • Director
      • Dennis Hopper
    • Writers
      • Charles Williams
      • Nona Tyson
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Virginia Madsen was supposed to appear naked in a bedroom scene, but she decided to put on a negligee because she felt that, 'Not only was the nudity weak storywise, but it didn't let the audience undress her'. Dennis Hopper later admitted that Madsen was right.
    • Goofs
      After Harry shoots Frank, the pistol's slider is seen stuck at the rear position indicating an empty magazine. Yet a second later when Harry gets off the floor, the slider is in the forward position and the hammer is cocked.
    • Quotes

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

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

    • Alternate versions
      UK and US DVD versions are cut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Postcards from the Edge/Saving Grace/White Hunter, Black Heart/After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      The Stroke
      Written and Performed by Billy Squier

      Courtesy of Capitol Records

      By Arrangement with CEMA Special Markets

    User reviews97

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    Featured review
    8/10
    A few words of praise
    This film is great. The atmosphere, heat, casting, setting, plot, you name it. Everyone in the film is sweating up to the eyeballs, constantly mopping their brows, with stains all over their clothes, looking very hot and tense indeed. The seeds for a necessary release are sown! And sure enough, the pressure reaches boiling point and everything erupts. I don't want to give too much away, nor can I be bothered writing a proper commentary but this film is BLEAK in it's honesty with respect to it's (secondary/primary?) plot - all ideals are shattered: romance and (true?) love, freedom (whatever that really is) and so on. Some would call this a cynical work, I'll call it realistic - Sod's Law applies as heavily in the movie as it does in real life. Go on Dennis, more of this please!!
    helpful•33
    7
    • mach1ne
    • Jul 29, 2003

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 16, 1991 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Hot Spot
    • Filming locations
      • Luling, Texas, USA
    • Production company
      • Orion Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $13,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,293,976
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $112,188
      • Oct 14, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,293,976
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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