Tough Guys Don't Dance

1987 · 109 min · EN · 4.7 (56 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 haunted by murder.”

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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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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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