Red Rock West

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…

• Director:John Dahl
• Genre:Thriller
• Runtime:95 minutes

Cast

Nicolas Cage : Michael Williams
Craig Reay : Jim
Vance Johnson : Mr. Johnson
Robert Apel : Howard
Bobby Joe McFadden : Old Man

Nicolas Cage plays Michael Williams, a drifter who wanders into rural Red Rock, Wyoming looking for work. A local bar owner named Wayne (J.T. Walsh) mistakes him for a hit man, “Lyle from Dallas,” whom Wayne has hired to kill his wife. Wayne offers him a stack of cash–”half now, half later”– Michael doesn’t correct him and takes the money. Michael then visits Wayne’s wife, Suzanne (Lara Flynn Boyle) and attempts to warn her that her life is in danger—instead of killing her. She then makes a tempting counteroffer to him. Michael, knowing that the longer he stays in town the more danger he’ll get into, continually tries to leave town, with no success. He complicates matters when he becomes romantically involved with Suzanne, and has to dodge bullets when “Lyle from Dallas” (Dennis Hopper) finally does show up. Read more

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