# Red Rock West (1993)

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**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: John Dahl
**Written by**: John Dahl, Rick Dahl
**Starring**: Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh, Timothy Carhart, Dan Shor

> *Where nothing is as it seems.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Wyoming winter. A motel sign buzzes off and on.

Mike, jobless, takes Wayne’s cash thinking he’s a killer. Then he’s hunted by both Wayne and Lyle, the actual shooter.

A neo-noir cat-and-mouse set to twang.

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