The Hot Spot

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The Hot Spot ★★½ 1990 (R)

An amoral drifter arrives in a small Texas town and engages in affairs with two women, including his boss's over-sexed wife and a young woman with her own secrets. Things begin to heat up when he decides to plot a bank robbery. Based on Charles Williams' 1952 novel “Hell Hath No Fury.” 120m/C VHS, DVD . Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, William Sadler, Jerry Hardin, Barry Corbin, Leon Rippy, Jack Nance; D: Dennis Hopper; W: Charles Williams, Nona Tyson; C: Ueli Steiger; M: Jack Nitzsche.

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