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Red Rock West

Red Rock West

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Red Rock West

"Where nothing is as it seems."

1993

1h 38m

6.8(402 votes)

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Overview

When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

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Production Companies

Propaganda Films

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Universal Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

Michael Williams

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Lyle from Dallas

Lara Flynn Boyle

Lara Flynn Boyle

Suzanne Brown

J.T. Walsh

J.T. Walsh

Wayne Brown

Timothy Carhart

Timothy Carhart

Deputy Matt Greytack

Dan Shor

Dan Shor

Deputy Russ Bowman

Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam

Truck Driver

Craig Reay

Craig Reay

Jim

Vance Johnson

Mr. Johnson

Robert Apel

Howard

Creative team

Directed by: John Dahl
Written by: John Dahl
Rick Dahl
Produced by: Steve Golin
Sigurjón Sighvatsson

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