The Hot Spot

About The Hot Spot

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.

Dennis Hopper's The Hot Spot is a 1990 crime romance film. At 130 minutes long, it arrived in October 1990.

Its themes are photographer, bank robber, arson, and smoking.

Don Johnson takes the lead as Harry Madox, Virginia Madsen as Dolly Harshaw, Jennifer Connelly as Gloria Harper, and Charles Martin Smith as Lon Gulick. The screenplay is by Charles Williams and Nona Tyson. Produced by Orion Pictures.

Sicario, The Crow, and Cop Land make useful companions to The Hot Spot, all filed under neo-noir. TMDB voters put it at 6.3 out of 10 across 314 votes and it carries a R rating.