Comedy ·Crime ·Thriller · United States of America · 1987 · 1h 49m

Tough Guys Don't Dance

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Director
Norman Mailer
Cast
Ryan O'Neal as Tim Madden Isabella Rossellini as Madeleine Regency Debra Stipe as Patty Lareine Wings Hauser as Capt. Alvin Luther Regency John Bedford Lloyd as Wardley Meeks III Lawrence Tierney as Dougy Madden
Crew
John Bailey — Director of Photography Debra McDermott — Editor Angelo Badalamenti — Original Music Composer Norman Mailer — Writer Yoram Globus — Producer Menahem Golan — Producer
Tagline

A love story haunted by murder.

Synopsis

Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a woman's severed head in his weed stash. Sensing a setup and in desperate need to clear his name, he begins an investigation that soon begins to expose a web of corruption in the small coastal community of Provincetown.

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Mood & Themes
vietnam veteranamnesiabased on novel or bookalcoholcocainemassachusettspolice chiefwealthmurdercancercape codex-con
Key Collaborators
Norman Mailer Director John Bailey Director of Photography Debra McDermott Editor Angelo Badalamenti Original Music Composer Norman Mailer Writer Yoram Globus Producer Menahem Golan Producer Armin Ganz Production Design Michael Kaplan Costume Design
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