The Hot Spot

Dust on a diner stool at dusk, a single ice-cube clink in a glass. A hitchhiker walks into a sun-bleached Texan town that smells of gasoline and sin. Within thirty-six hours he’s inside a teller’s cage and inside the sheriff’s wife. Tension hums like a faulty neon sign.

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Dennis Hopper directed The Hot Spot in 1990. See Dennis Hopper's full filmography, where to start with Dennis Hopper, or where to go after you've seen everything by Dennis Hopper.

The Hot Spot was released in 1990 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 130 minutes.