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Where was Red Rock West filmed?

1992 film, directed by John Dahl.

  • Santa Monica

The story is set in Wyoming.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Wyoming
Filmed in
Santa Monica

About Red Rock West

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Released
1992
Director
John Dahl
Cast
Nicolas CageDennis HopperLara Flynn BoyleJ. T. WalshDwight YoakamDan ShorTimothy CarhartVance Johnson
Genre
Neo-noirCrimeDrama

The story

Michael Williams is a drifter from Odessa, Texas living out of his car after being discharged from the Marine Corps.

A local bar owner named Wayne mistakes him for a hitman, "Lyle from Dallas", whom Wayne has hired to kill his wife, Suzanne.

Michael tries to leave town with her cash but runs into a man who walks out into the road obscured by a broken-down pickup.

Famous lines from Red Rock West

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • You were WHAT?Truck Driver
  • My car broke down.Michael
  • Really, it's okay.Michael
  • Where? I don't see a car.Lyle
  • It's just over that ridge.Michael

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