The Hot Spot 1990 Thriller/Noir
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00:30In my heart it's full of pain.
01:01I'm going after Roger. He may invite.
01:23I'm expecting.
01:26Where do I park this thing?
01:27It's good. Right where you're at.
01:34I'm Gullick. I'm the other salesman.
01:38You must be Mr. Maddox.
01:41Harry.
01:44How's business?
01:46Pretty fair.
01:48Well, tire kickers couldn't have much trouble finding a place. That's for sure.
01:57You shouldn't chew that stuff.
02:00Bad for you.
02:20Maddox.
02:22I want you to go out with Miss Harper this morning.
02:25Who's Miss Harper? Go where?
02:28There's a repo out in the county. Deadbeat by the name of Sutton.
02:33Don't take any guff.
02:37Tired of chasing that son of a bitch all over Hell and gone the first day of Vermont.
02:42Sorry. Nothing doing.
02:46Our deal was for straight commission, remember?
02:49What the fuck are you talking about?
02:51I don't make any money running your errands for you.
02:54Maybe you won't like this job.
02:56Maybe I won't.
02:58Mr. Harshaw.
03:00Gloria.
03:03Gloria Harper Maddox.
03:06Mr. Harshaw.
03:09Maybe I could just talk to Mr. Sutton.
03:12I've always managed to collect from him before.
03:15Forget it, Gloria. You've got better things to do for me than run that SOB down every month.
03:21I just thought that...
03:22Dammit, Gloria. Sometimes I wonder who's running this place. Get the hell out of here.
03:27I'll get Lon to drive you.
03:29I'll take her.
03:31Oh, I thought you were suffering from too full a schedule.
03:38You cleared up.
03:40Don't you make up your mind, goddammit, who you're working for.
03:44This is a business, not a club.
03:46Where's the green LPD?
03:53Come on.
04:17Think we ought to come in like this when he's not here?
04:22Probably not.
04:28He gets his drinking water from the spring down behind the house.
04:32I'm just going to go down and see if he's there.
04:35I'll go with you.
04:37It's okay. I'm okay. You can just wait here.
04:53We can come back later.
04:55Oh, no. I found him.
04:57He was, uh... He was down at the spring.
05:00And he paid me.
05:02Both payments.
05:05Must be a fast talker.
05:08Glad I don't owe you any money.
05:10I don't owe you any money.
05:12I don't owe you any money.
05:14I don't owe you any money.
05:16I don't owe you any money.
05:18I don't owe you any money.
05:20I don't owe you any money.
05:22I don't owe you any money.
05:38Eddie!
05:40Folks looking for me?
05:42I need to talk to you.
05:45Surely, Miss Harper.
05:47Lord, a man of my type always enjoys talking to a woman of your evident quality.
05:54Sutton?
05:55Same. Very same.
05:58Miss Harper, ain't you going to introduce me to your gentleman acquaintance there?
06:05No.
06:06Gentleman acquaintance there?
06:10No.
06:12Another time, perhaps.
06:16Please.
06:26Take care of this thing.
06:27Here's how I always do it.
06:32Let me stop.
06:37I think I can live with that.
06:52You folks want to stay for lunch?
07:07Another time.
07:28Guess I just don't have Sutton's charm.
07:31I mean, you liked him so much you had to go back and talk to him twice.
07:34Once at the spring and...
07:36All right. All right.
07:38I lied about it.
07:41Can you just...
07:43Can you just leave me be?
07:53Sutton a relative of yours?
08:01Okay, kid.
08:02Maybe I got it wrong.
08:06Maybe I got it wrong.
08:16I hope that's not that sleazy hotel I'm in.
08:19I forgot to get my suit and shirt.
08:22Clear the road!
08:33Come on, move it on through.
08:42Gloria.
08:44I'm Miss Harper.
08:45It's my baby, Harry. Remember?
08:57Did you get that car?
09:00No.
09:02Got paid, Miss Harper.
09:04Gloria, you'll just have to do the whole damn thing over again next month.
09:09I hope not, Mr. Harshall.
09:13What was the fire down there? The gin?
09:19Nope. Hamburger joint this side of it.
09:22Maybe I'll go take a look.
09:24How about hanging around while I go to lunch?
09:27Sure.
09:29As soon as I get back from mine.
09:33Well, now you ought to go to lunch.
09:36What the hell did I do?
09:38Just watch it.
10:02What the hell?
10:33Sorry.
10:59Mr. Julian.
11:00Mr. Julian.
11:02Where's the fire, Mr. Julian?
11:04Where's the fire?
11:06Mr. Julian?
11:07Nobody here, Dad.
11:09Mr. Julian must be.
11:11He's always here.
11:13Damned if I see him.
11:15I hear the hooking ladder
11:17and all the people toing and froing,
11:20but I can't discover the fire.
11:23Mister, you know where the fire's at?
11:25Hamburger shack, down the street.
11:29Thank you, sir.
11:33Well, I hope I didn't keep you waiting.
11:36I guess I have to learn
11:38how not to take a crap
11:40when the sirens go off.
11:43Uh, all my boys are at the fire.
11:46All volunteer firemen.
11:48Used to have a woman work here.
11:51She was a fireman.
11:53She was a fireman.
11:55She was a fireman.
11:57She was a fireman.
11:59She was a fireman.
12:01Used to have a woman work here.
12:04But she quit.
12:10Damn.
12:12You know, I have got to get
12:14that surveillance equipment working.
12:16We hooked it up for the insurance,
12:18but the damn thing never has worked right.
12:21Jesus Christ.
12:23Lucky you wasn't a bank robber.
12:27Uh, what could I do for you?
12:30I'd like to open an account.
12:34Of course.
12:37Of course.
12:41Always happy to welcome a new customer.
12:47Let me find a pen to write with here.
12:52Pencil will do.
12:56Now, uh, was that, uh, checking or...
13:02savings?
13:26Uh-huh.
13:49Took your time, didn't you?
13:51I'm going to lunch.
13:53Why don't you give Gullock a hand with that car up there?
13:57Hell with that.
13:59What the hell is the matter with you medics?
14:01You got a grudge against the world or something?
14:04Nope.
14:06I'm a car salesman.
14:10I want a job cleaning cars. I'll get one.
14:13Oh, uh, that might be a lot sooner than you think.
14:16The rate you're going.
14:17What are you, anyway?
14:1835, 36?
14:20Uh-huh.
14:21Around there.
14:22Uh-huh.
14:23Well, you sure as hell haven't set the world on fire so far,
14:26or you wouldn't be hanging around a place like this.
14:29Yeah, but I got ambition.
14:32I figure if I stick around selling jalopies for another 30, 40 years,
14:36somebody will give me a testimonial and a $40 watch.
14:51Let's go.
15:22Let's go.
15:37You want to watch that stuff with Harshaw.
15:39He's a good man, but he's got a temper.
15:42Is that a fact?
15:44Of course, maybe he's got a reason.
15:51Let's go.
16:22Hi. Can I help you?
16:25George?
16:27You must be the new salesman.
16:29Maddox. Harry Maddox.
16:32Sorry, Mrs. Harshaw, but your husband's gone to lunch.
16:35Is there something I can help you with?
16:37I'm not hurting myself.
16:39There's some old clothes that need unloading.
16:41Sure. I'll be glad to.
16:51Thanks.
17:05I ought to wear them more often.
17:21Thanks.
17:30It's often nice of you, especially since George shouldn't carry heavy things.
17:34Well, George never did like to go admit to certain kinds of reality.
17:42Well, ain't you going to put them down?
17:44What?
17:46You must know your own strength.
17:48Here.
17:51Thanks.
18:14So what you gonna do in our town?
18:17Whatever there is to do.
18:20Well, there are only two things to do around here.
18:27You got a TV?
18:29Nope.
18:31Well, now you're down to one.
18:37Lots of luck.
18:50Thanks.
19:20Oop.
19:27Good morning to you, Lon.
19:29Howdy, bud.
19:31What you in such a good mood about?
19:34Lon, it takes a lot of money to be free.
19:37I'm gonna sell one of these son of bitches to the first sucker that walks in here today.
19:41You are, are you?
19:43Yes, sir.
19:45Well, now, how do you reckon to accomplish that?
19:48Your willpower.
19:51In this life, you gotta take what you want.
19:54Damn sure can't stand around and wait for somebody to give it to you.
19:58Or take what you want.
20:00That's good. That's good. I like that.
20:03You know what I always say?
20:06What's that?
20:08Look before you leap.
20:12Oh, um, Mr. Harshaw's gone for the weekend, hunting.
20:17Said he needed the rest.
20:19Yeah, and I got a notion from what?
20:22I met her yesterday.
20:24Yeah, Mr. Harshaw met her in a real small town.
20:27Hunting trip, in fact, I think it was.
20:30He always said that she just sort of happened.
20:34Mm-hmm.
20:37Well, the smart thing would have been to get the hell out of there...
20:40and let her happen to somebody else.
20:51Harshaw Motors.
20:53Well, sure, Mrs. Harshaw.
20:56What do you need?
20:58What?
21:06Wow.
21:36Hi.
22:00Well, come on in.
22:03The least I can do is buy you a drink.
22:17Sorry the place is such a mess.
22:20I gave the girl the weekend off.
22:33Oh.
22:41That one thought he was stalking George.
22:44Did he ever get a surprise?
22:51Bang, bang.
22:56I hope you like my ties.
23:02Come on.
23:12So...
23:14how are you staying in the excitement?
23:19Well, maybe it picks up on Saturday night.
23:22Oh, yeah, it does.
23:24The show, too, vampire operas have to move instead of on.
23:28I could buy a TV.
23:30Sure, you could join the ladies' club and collect trash.
23:34Now there's a hot pastime.
23:39I doubt if I could pass the credentials committee.
23:42Not if you poached them one at a time.
23:45You'd be lucky if you ever got your credentials back.
23:48He said his family hadn't had one...
23:50and what was good enough for them was good enough for us.
23:56Oh, I meant to ask you...
23:59about finding me.
24:02Did I give you the right directions?
24:07I can find it in the dark.
24:15Who cares?
24:17I do.
24:30Bad boy.
24:34Bad, bad boy.
24:41I'm going to bed.
24:43You can let yourself out.
24:51How much?
24:53A dollar.
24:58Table pickup.
25:04Here you go, hon. I'll get you some coffee.
25:07Jake, I need a double order of grits and some more toast over there.
25:10All right.
25:12Yeah, I'll be in a minute.
25:14Here you go, baby.
25:16What are you reading?
25:18Oh, nothing. It's...
25:20It's just, um...
25:22silly.
25:25Would you...
25:27Would you like a soda?
25:29Yeah, a soda.
25:31You don't want a soda.
25:33Yes, I do.
25:35Yes, I do.
25:37It'd be nicer on a hot afternoon than a...
25:40tall, clean, cool soda.
25:47All right.
25:55Here.
26:02He was a stranger in town.
26:04A rough man, mocking, sometimes cruel.
26:07But Miriam saw past the tough facade
26:09to the bitter wounds that made him hide his true self from the world.
26:13Well, I told you it was silly.
26:15Oh, Junior, better not read that stuff.
26:17It's bad for you.
26:25I'll get the pie now. Hold on a minute.
26:27I'm sorry about, um...
26:29the other day.
26:31I must have broke open to the wrong place.
26:34Oh, please.
26:39But I realized later what it must have looked like.
26:43My life's just...
26:46been a succession of jams over floozies of one kind or another.
26:50I forget how to treat a real lady.
26:55How do you say we forget about the whole thing?
26:58Start over, make friends?
27:05How about tonight?
27:07Want to go for a ride?
27:10Hey, look, um...
27:13I have to get back.
27:16I'll drive you home.
27:19It's just walking distance.
27:22I'll walk you.
27:24She's a wonderful woman.
27:27The woman who raised me.
27:29She's always taking people in.
27:32Always feeding the whole neighborhood.
27:35She had a daughter a little bit older than me.
27:38She was my best friend in the whole world.
27:41Was?
27:44Yeah, she died.
27:47It's a bad time.
27:49Spunky, hey.
27:52Look who's waiting here.
27:55Hey, Spunky.
28:05You're very pretty.
28:07Oh, I'm just ordinary.
28:10Ordinary.
28:19Hey, Spunky.
28:49Hey, Spunky.
29:19Hey, Spunky.
29:49Hey, Spunky.
30:19Hey, Spunky.