The Hot Spot

The Hot Spot
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDennis Hopper
Screenplay by
Based onHell Hath No Fury
by Charles Williams
Produced byPaul Lewis
Starring
CinematographyUeli Steiger
Edited byWende Phifer Mate
Music byJack Nitzsche
Distributed byOrion Pictures
Release dates
  • September 8, 1990 (1990-09-08) (TIFF)
  • October 12, 1990 (1990-10-12) (United States)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[1]
Box office$1,293,976

The Hot Spot is a 1990 American neo-noir romantic thriller film[2] directed by Dennis Hopper, based on the 1953 novel Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It stars Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, and Jennifer Connelly, and features a score by Jack Nitzsche played by John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, Taj Mahal, Roy Rogers, Tim Drummond, and drummer Earl Palmer.

  1. ^ "AFI|Catalog". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5