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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   8,096 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
John Dahl (written by) &
Rick Dahl (written by)
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Release Date:
16 June 1993 (France) more
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Tagline:
...All Roads Lead To Intrigue. more
Plot:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife... more | add synopsis
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3 nominations more
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(23 articles)
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Stylish Film Noir more (59 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nicolas Cage ... Michael Williams

Craig Reay ... Jim
Vance Johnson ... Mr. Johnson
Robert Apel ... Howard
Bobby Joe McFadden ... Old Man

J.T. Walsh ... Wayne Brown / Kevin McCord

Lara Flynn Boyle ... Suzanne Brown / Ann McCord
Dale Gibson ... Kurt, Suzanne's Boyfriend
Ted Parks ... Chevron Cashier
Babs Bram ... Hospital Receptionist
Robert Guajardo ... Doctor
Sarah Sullivan ... Nurse

Timothy Carhart ... Deputy Matt Greytack
Dan Shor ... Deputy Russ Bowman

Dennis Hopper ... Lyle from Dallas
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Runtime:
98 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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John Dahl named Dennis Hopper's character "Lyle from Dallas" after the director's first guitar, a Lyle guitar. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Lyle and Michael are discussing both being in the Marine Corps; Lyle refers to Michael as "soldier" and at the end of the same conversation Micheal calls Lyle, "soldier." It is unlikely that either marine would refer to another Marine as "soldier," but would call him or her "marine", "jarhead", "leatherneck" "devil dog" or even "gyrene" instead. more
Quotes:
Lyle: You must be Suzanne. You look pretty enough to eat. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Breakdown (1997/I) more
Soundtrack:
CRIME OF THE CENTURY more

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Stylish Film Noir, 19 November 2004
10/10
Author: Jim Hintzen (heem6) from phoenix, az

Some movies you just know you're going to love from the first few seconds. This is one of those movies. Tracing it's roots back to "Double Indemnity," and "The Postman Always Rings Twice" in the 40's - this was a great example of Modern Film Noir in the 90's. Nick Cage plays the "down on his luck" main character who gets entangled in a husband-wife murder plot - and his luck goes from bad to worse to even worse as he tries and tries to get away from the people, town, violence and threat of Red Rock West. Lots of twists and turns, great performances by Cage, Hopper and Walsh, an hypnotic slide-guitar musical backdrop, and seamless directing make this a real joy. Favorite Line: When Cage looks at the empty gas gauge in the get-away car, shakes his head and says: "F***in' story of my life."

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