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The Last Seduction
Why this pick
John Dahl delivers another lean neo-noir trap: a transient outsider, shifting identities, dry wit and escalating danger in an atmosphere where every apparent advantage has a price.
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MOVIE1993 1h 38m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Michael Williams (Nicolas Cage) is a drifter living out of his car after being discharged from the Marine Corps. A job on an oilfield falls through due to his unwillingness to conceal a war injury on his job application, so Michael wanders into rural Red Rock, Wyoming, looking for other work. A local bar owner named Wayne (J. T. Walsh) mistakes him for a hit man, "Lyle from Dallas", whom Wayne has hired to kill his wife. Wayne offers him a stack of cash—"half now, half later"—and Michael plays along by taking the money.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Nicolas Cage
Michael Williams
Lara Flynn Boyle
Suzanne Brown
Dennis Hopper
Lyle from Dallas
J.T. Walsh
Wayne Brown
Timothy Carhart
Deputy Matt Greytack
Dan Shor
Deputy Russ Bowman
Dale Gibson
Kurt
Ted Parks
Cashier