The Hot Spot
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Dennis Hopper
Jana Keeling
Paula Reddick
Debra Cole
Virgil Frye
Elaine Negron
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A drifter settles down in a small southwestern town and becomes involved in a web of crime and romance.
Director
Dennis Hopper
Cast
Jana Keeling
Paula Reddick
Debra Cole
Virgil Frye
Elaine Negron
Leon Rippy
Heather Cruikshank
Margaret Bowman
Bonnie Safarick
Samantha Muilman
Jack Nance
Virginia Madsen
Karen Culley
Kim Lowman
Kathleen Douglas
Christine Helka
Edith Mills
Barry Corbin
William Sadler
Bradford Ellis
Jennifer Connelly
James Harrell
Anne Marie Matush
Joan Croft
Christine Abate
Monica Killough
Shannon Quinlan
Don Johnson
Coleen Kegan
John Hawker
Jerry Hardin
Cody Haynes
Jenny Patrick
Charles Martin Smith
Kim Lightsey
George Haynes
Le Andra Garrison
Roosevelt Williams
Crew
Marc Andrus
Pete Antico
Alexis Arnold
Julian Arredondo
Herb Ault
Gregory Babcock
Sandina Bailo-lape
Charles Balazs
Shelley Bauer
Charles Bazaldua
Robin Berg
David Bergad
Ivan Bigley
Layton Blaylock
Jo Edna Boldin
Sharon Boyle
Don Breneman
J Denise Brouillette
Rodney T Brown
Gary Buckles
Frank Bueno
John Burns
Gary Burritt
John Burson
Jay Cannistraci
Deborah Capogrosso
Dwight Cary
Daniel Castaneda
Henry Castillo
James Cavanaugh
Ronald D Chambers
Scott Chandler
Brad Chelesvig
Tom Christopher
Donna Cipriani
Jean Clark
Bill Cogswell
Gigi Coker
Sam Conigliaro
Brown Cooper
George Cooper
Jack Cooperman
Monty Cox
Heather Cruikshank
Billy Cude
Milton Curry
Patrika Darbo
Miles Davis
Robert Dean
Jim Deeth
Satya Delamanitou
Joanna Dendl
Terry Derouen
Terry Derouen
Jim Dicuffa
Bart Dion
Dennis Dion
Eddy Donna
Tim Drummond
Tracy Dunlop
Coquina Dunn
Melanie Dupuy
Judi Durand
Ian Ellis
Sharon Ely
Cecil D. Evans
Jo Ann Forbish Evans
Terry Evans
Michael Fairchild
Minor Ferris
Linda Fitzwater
Jim Franklin
John A Frick
Joe Gallien
Sheri Galloway
Robert Garcia
Bill Gavin
Gary Gegan
Barbara Geller
Holly Gent
Ursula Goad
Gary Goetzman
Emilio Gonzalez
Nate Goodman
Margaret Goodspeed
Marita Grabiak
Jim Grce
Helen Griffiths
Wade Brandt Gum
Christopher Hall
James Halty
Bruce Hamme
Kimberly Hardin
Barbara Harris
Tommy Harrison
David Harshbarger
Gary Hecker
John Helton
Michael Hoenig
Steve Holroyd
John Lee Hooker
Katherine Hopper
Sally Howard
Sandy Howard
Rachel Hudgins
Joe Iannolo
Christopher Ishii
Mauriece Jacks Jr.
Ronald A Jacobs
Craig Johnson
Tom Johnson
Julie Jones
Carol King
Hael Kobayashi
Daamen Krall
Randy Lafollette
Tommy Lamey
K.d. Lang
K.d. Lang
Janet Lawler
Jack Leahy
Gail Levin
Paul Lewis
Paul Lewis
Cliff Lipson
Lauren Lloyd
Tim Lobdell
Sammy M Lockhart
Joseph Lockwood
David Logie
R W Lowder
Stephen Lubbe
Greg Lundsgaard
Brian Macdonald
Taj Mahal
Robena Malicoat
Wende Phifer Mate
Joe G Mccalla
David Mccharen
Jerry Mcknight
Vicki Mcmillan
Raul Mello
Ben Mink
R Morgan
Candace Neal
Pamela Neal
Bob Neil
Mary C Nelson
Jack Nitzsche
Johnny Noble
Nerissa Oden
Earl Palmer
Ronald L Paschall
Madeleine Pearsall
Gregory B Pena
Kari Perkins
Ronald Perkins
Martha Pike
Craig Pointes
Christine Poole
Derek Power
Michael Ralph Price
Karen Prince
Susan Prince
David Randolph
Jay Raymond
Ken Reed
Tina Reeves
Fernando Resendiz
Nancy Restuccia
Brian H Reynolds
Mike Rich
Bob Riedell
Ben Rodriguez
Esteban Rodriquez
Lenny Rogel
Roy Rogers
Catherine Rowe
Ron Russell
Gary Rydstrom
Gary Rydstrom
Isidro Saldivar
Joe Sanchez
Paige Sartorius
Jeffrey P. Schwan
Joe Self
Alan R Serotta
Renee Shearer
Jerry Shore
Don Simandl
Susan Slattery
Robin Solo
Billy Squier
Billy Squier
Ueli Steiger
Larry Stock
Mary Kay Stolz
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
Tim Swan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States October 12, 1990
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States Fall October 12, 1990
Released in United States November 1990
Released in United States on Video March 28, 1991
Released in United States September 8, 1990
Wide Release in United States October 26, 1990
Shown at London Film Festival November 8-25, 1990.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 23-September 3, 1990.
Shown at the Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8, 1990.
Film was originally at Gavin Films (Great Britain) and Unted Artists. The original director and screenwriter was Mike Figgis. Sam Shepard, Anne Archer and Uma Thurman were all considered for the original project.
Began shooting August 14, 1989.
Completed shooting October 21, 1989.
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 23-September 3, 1990.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown in Los Angeles (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) as part of program "Femmes Fatales Follow Them at Your Own Risk!" October 5 - December 15, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video March 28, 1991
Released in United States September 8, 1990 (Shown at the Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8, 1990.)
Limited Release in United States October 12, 1990
Released in United States Fall October 12, 1990
Wide Release in United States October 26, 1990
Released in United States November 1990 (Shown at London Film Festival November 8-25, 1990.)