The Hot Spot

Oct 12, 1990

2h 10m

★ 6.2

Safe is never sex. It’s dangerous.

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Arnold Kopelson Productions

Kopelson Entertainment

The Hot Spot Trailers

Cast

Harry Madox

Don Johnson

Dolly Harshaw

Virginia Madsen

Gloria Harper

Jennifer Connelly

Lon Gulick

Charles Martin Smith

Frank Sutton

William Sadler

George Harshaw

Jerry Hardin

Sheriff

Barry Corbin

Deputy Tate

Leon Rippy

Julian Ward

Jack Nance

Deputy Buck

Virgil Frye

Uncle Mort

John Hawker

Woman at Gas Station

Margaret Bowman

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