Tough Guys Don't Dance

Tough Guys Don't Dance

1987 · 110 min · EN · 4.6 (36 votes)
Dir. Norman Mailer · Starring Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Stipe, Wings Hauser, John Bedford Lloyd, Lawrence Tierney · Music Angelo Badalamenti

A love story shadowed by murder. A comedy laced with horror.

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Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.

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A disoriented protagonist stumbles through a rain-slicked, morally ambiguous world. This film feels like a hangover in cinematic form, steeped in regret and the lingering scent of cheap whiskey. It's a descent into a personal hell, punctuated by sharp dialogue and a pervasive sense of dread.

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