The Hot Spot
1990
· Movie
· 130 min
C
MEANRANK
62/100
Every rating
50–69
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 50, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Dennis Hopper
- Writers
- Charles Williams, Nona Tyson
- Based on
- a work by Charles Williams
- Released
- 12 October 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $1.3M
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