Sex is never safe. It’s dangerous.
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
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Nostalgic, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Don JohnsonHarry Madox
- Virginia MadsenDolly Harshaw
- Jennifer ConnellyGloria Harper
- Charles Martin SmithLon Gulick
- William SadlerFrank Sutton
- Jerry HardinGeorge Harshaw
- Barry CorbinSheriff
- Leon RippyDeputy Tate
- Jack NanceJulian Ward
- Virgil FryeDeputy Buck
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- Dennis HopperDirector
- Nona TysonScreenplay
- Charles WilliamsScreenplay
- Charles WilliamsNovel
- Ueli SteigerDirector of Photography
- Jack NitzscheOriginal Music Composer
- Wende Phifer MateEditor
- Paul LewisProducer
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