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Red Rock West
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
1993 · Directed by John Dahl · 98 min · Crime · Thriller · 12 frames
Tagline
Where nothing is as it seems.
Crew
- Written by: John Dahl, Rick Dahl
- Cinematography: Marc Reshovsky
- Edited by: Scott Chestnut
- Music: William Olvis
- Production design: Robert Pearson
- Produced by: Steve Golin, Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Michael Williams
- Dennis Hopper as Lyle from Dallas
- Lara Flynn Boyle as Suzanne Brown
- J.T. Walsh as Wayne Brown
- Timothy Carhart as Deputy Matt Greytack
- Dan Shor as Deputy Russ Bowman
- Dwight Yoakam as Truck Driver
- Craig Reay as Jim
- Vance Johnson as Mr. Johnson
- Robert Apel as Howard
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Universal Pictures
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box office: $2,500,000
- Themes: vietnam veteran, sheriff, wyoming, usa, hitman, gun, gas station, cemetery, motel, money, murder
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