Red Rock West

Red Rock West is a 1992 film directed by John Dahl. The film, written by Dahl and his brother Rick, was shot in Montana and Wilcox, Arizona, USA.

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1992 - John Dahl - Montana - Wilcox, Arizona

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Nicolas Cage plays Michael, a drifter who wanders into rural Red Rock, Wyoming looking for work. When a local bar owner Wayne (J.T. Walsh) mistakes him for the hit man ? "Lyle from Dallas" ? he's hired to kill his wife, Michael doesn't correct him. Instead, he takes the money, then attempts to warn the wife, Suzanne (Lara Flynn Boyle) that her life is in danger. She, in turn, tries to hire him to kill her husband. Michael, knowing that the longer he stays in town the more danger he'll get into, continuely tries to leave town with no success. His problems get worse when he gets romantically involved with Suzanne, and when the real killer comes to town.

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• Nicolas Cage as Michael Williams
• J.T. Walsh as Wayne Brown/Kevin McCord
• Lara Flynn Boyle as Suzanne Brown/Ann McCord
• Dennis Hopper as Lyle from Dallas
• Dwight Yoakam as Truck Driver