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47% Critic Match
Tough Guys Don't Dance
“A love story haunted by murder.”
4.7 / 10• 1987• 1h 49m•NR• English
ComedyCrimeThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ryan O'Neal
Tim Madden
Lead
Isabella Rossellini
Madeleine Regency
Debra Stipe
Patty Lareine
Wings Hauser
Capt. Alvin Luther Regency
John Bedford Lloyd
Wardley Meeks III
Lawrence Tierney
Dougy Madden
Penn Jillette
Big Stoop
Frances Fisher
Jessica Pond
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Norman Mailer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tough Guys Don't Dance is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
