Main Cast: Sherilyn Fenn, Whip Hubley, David Hewlett, David Johansen, Paul Bartel
Release Year: 1992
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
An unfunny comedy that ribs film noir conventions, Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel is set at a second-rate motel in 1950s Anaheim that is run by a fussy and nosy manager (Paul Bartel, invoking the ghost of Billy De Wolfe). Checking into the hotel is toy salesman Chester DeSoto (Whip Hubley) and his sultry wife Bridey (Sherilyn Fenn), who likes to take midnight swims in the motel swimming pool in sexy black negligees. She seduces local lady-killer Augie March (David Johansen), who happens to be blackmailing her husband concerning his past Communist Party associations. While Bridey is giving the once-over to Augie, Chester is busy himself -- hiring a screwball private detective by the name of Deadpan Winchester (David Hewlett) to spy on his wife. With the hotel manager peeking behind the curtains, one person turns up dead, and those left attempt to link Deadpan Winchester to the murder. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Larry Spinak - Waiter; Shannon Sturges - Louella; Chuck Swain - Hula-Hoop Boy; Kenneth Tobey - Captain Holiday; Eric Welch - Eddie; Parker Whitman - Boss
Credit
Betty Pecha Madden - Costume Designer, Alan Castle - Director, James Gavin Bedford - Editor, Doug Walter - Composer (Music Score), Michael Clausen - Production Designer, Jamie Thompson - Cinematographer, Donald P. Borchers - Producer, Pierre David - Producer, Alan Castle - Screenwriter, Alien Castle - Featured Music
