Red Rock West Page #4

Synopsis: When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise 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.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): John Dahl
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
1993
98 min
836 Views


- (Kevin and Ann McCord description)

- "Kevin and Ann McCord".

"May be armed and dangerous".

Looks like the only thing

you didn't lie about is your marriage.

It's not what you think.

I can explain. It was Wayne.

I had nothing to do with it.

One day he comes home and says,

"Pack your bags".

The next thing I know,

I'm on the FBI's most-wanted list.

What am I supposed to do, Michael?

He's my husband.

I was in love with him.

There's supposed to be

$500000 in that safe!

He must have moved it.

We can find it, Michael. We can be together.

- We can go to Mexico.

- F*** Mexico!

Michael, please. Don't leave me.

We can be together.

Mike.

Well, Miss Suzanne.

Well, you're as pretty as advertised.

You look pretty near good enough to eat.

That looks like my gun.

Hey.

Afternoon, Mike.

Did you have a nice nap?

Did you know that these two...

were a couple of f***ing crooks?

Yeah.

Now, Suzie here says...

that Wayne was a bookkeeper

in a steel mill in Illinois...

and he figured out how to walk out

of that plant with $2 million.

And she says that there's $500000

laying around somewhere...

but that Wayner is the only one

that knows where it is.

Now, is that true?

That's what she told me.

Well, if that's the case, why don't we all

just go pay Wayner a little visit...

and see if Suzie's story checks out. Okay?

- But he's in jail.

- Not for long, sweetie pie. Come on, get up.

Okay, kids...

don't you go anywhere. I'll be right back.

Michael, I'm really sorry.

You were right,

we shouldn't have come back here.

What do you say we put a cap on

the horseshit, and figure a way out of this.

- Okay?

- Okay.

- Can you get your hands free?

- No.

The cord's so tight,

my hands are going numb.

Just keep moving them.

- Do you still have my car keys?

- I think so. Why?

There's a pocket-knife on the key chain.

Well, voila.

(Red Rock Bar)

(Smith)

Sheriff's office.

(Deputy Graytack)

Where?

Okay, yeah, we'll be right there. Hey, Matt?

(Deputy Graytack)

That was Bob Pfennigs.

He said the old Duncan place is on fire.

Call the volunteers.

I'll get Russ on the radio.

(...n Smith)

- Hey, Matt, do you want me to go?

- No, you stay put.

- (Wyoming game birds)

- I'll call you if I need you.

(...n Smith)

Jeff, hey, it's Ted. Listen,

the old Duncan place is on fire. We need...

all the volunteers to go over there.

Okay, well, hurry. All right. Bye.

(Red Rock County Sheriff)

(Push)

Hey, it's Ted.

Listen, the old Duncan place is on fire.

- (Wayne Brown, John)

- Yeah, we need all the volunteers to go over there. Okay.

(Stop)

(Wyoming game birds)

Grady, hey, it's Ted.

Listen, the old Duncan place is on fire.

Yup. Yeah, we need some help.

Yeah?

(Deputy Graytack)

(Smith)

I'll be right with you.

Well, everyone else is already on the way.

Yeah. I'm sure. Okay.

(Wayne Brown)

All right. Okay. Bye.

(Deputy Graytack)

(Smith)

Can I help you?

Jesus! No!

- What happened?

- Nobody knows.

- Anybody inside?

- No.

Wind's not too bad.

We should have this out in no time.

- Does anybody know how it started?

- Not that I know about.

It's turkey. One of my favourites.

I understand that you're in possession

of over $500000. Is that right?

Okay, here's the deal.

You can stay here and go back to Illinois...

or I can get you out of here, right now...

in exchange for half of that money.

Now what's it going to be, Wayner?

All right.

- Half the money, right?

- Right.

Okay.

Just get me out of here.

Ted, come in, Ted.

Ted, pick up if you read me.

You stay by your radio,

I'm going back to the office.

All right, you put these on.

- What for?

- It's part of the deal.

Come on, Wayner, we don't got all day.

Come on, take it or leave it.

- Michael.

- (Texas, DLW-9S5)

What is this?

Thank you, John Wayne.

Put her back in the car.

Take Wayne, I'll get Lyle.

You drive.

(Texas)

(DLW-9S5)

Smart cop.

(Wyoming game birds)

(Bell ringing)

- (Train whistle blowing)

- (Southern Pacific, 9723)

Just keep it on the road.

(The united / Diers commercial)

(Southern Pacific, 9723)

(Diers commercial / Stop)

(SP, SP9723)

Yeah!

(Kenworth 62 / SP)

(SP, 9723, Southern Pacific)

(IP 91 08 29 DIPI)

(Blended...)

All right! All right!

(Sheriff)

Nice driving, Mike. Way to go.

Feels good, don't it?

That old V-8 just purrs like a cat.

How does it feel?

Happy couple back together again.

You two got enough legroom, do you?

So?

So, where's the money, Wayne?

Just stay on this road,

I'll tell you when to turn.

Okay, boss.

Hey, Wayne, I just wanna ask you one thing.

- How did you ever get to be sheriff?

- I was elected.

No sh*t, you were elected?

How did you rig that?

It wasn't hard,

he bought every voter in the county a drink.

No sh*t. Damn.

Maybe I ought to do that, you know?

Run for sheriff.

Buy a bar.

What do you think, Mike?

- You want a drink?

- No, thanks.

Scotch ain't good enough?

I knew a guy like you once.

Thought he was better than everybody else.

That's it, ain't it, Mike?

You think you're better than me, don't you?

Why don't you just blow me?

You think you're a real hot sh*t,

don't you, Mike?

Hey, cowboy, who's got the gun?

Cowboy?

(Tires screeching)

You keep your foot on the gas.

Choose life.

We having a good time yet?

You see all these buttons up here?

Just forget about them.

All you gotta do is push that down to talk,

let go to listen. Got it?

Yeah.

Good. Don't worry, Len's on his way.

And remember, don't touch anything here

until I get back.

Okay.

- And, Jane, thanks.

- Yeah.

- Russ.

- What happened?

I don't know. I just missed them. Come on.

- (General Merchandise)

- I called HP, they're sending back-up from Rawlins and Laramie.

- You take 487 East, I'm going to go west.

- Matt.

- What are we looking for?

- A black Buick with Texas plates.

- All right. Now turn off your lights.

- What?

Just turn off your lights

and make the next right up there.

What are we doing, Wayne?

See this house here?

It belongs to the caretaker.

I don't want him to know we're here.

What is this?

This is the last place

anybody would think to look.

Oh, no.

Not bad, Wayner. Not bad.

- You got a shovel?

- In the trunk.

When do I get these cuffs off?

When I get the money.

Okay.

- Come on, Mike. Time for a little exercise.

- Where you going to dig?

- What do you mean?

- It's a big graveyard.

What are you saying, Wayne?

Take these cuffs off

and I'll point you in the right direction.

(Lyle singing) I've been workin'

on the railroad All the live long day

Come on, can't you dig any faster?

You're probably thinking to yourself...

"How did I end up out here

with this bunch of losers"? Right?

Well, I'll tell you how.

Because you're a thief, Mike.

You wouldn't be here if you weren't, right?

Hey, Wayne...

what do you wanna do with these two?

We're going to let them go.

Are you sure about that?

There's no point killing them now, is there?

I don't know. I don't like loose ends.

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John Dahl

John Dahl (born 1956) is an American film and television director and writer, best known for his work in the neo-noir genre. more…

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