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Tough Guys Don't Dance

Play trailer Poster for Tough Guys Don't Dance R,  1987,  1h 49m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 39% 23 Reviews Tomatometer 47% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
39% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 47% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Norman Mailer directed this adaptation of his novel, which focuses on an alcoholic writer involved in a murder mystery.

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Geoff Andrew Time Out Feb 9, 2006
Neither thrilling nor horrific, the camera, plotting, dialogue and atmosphere are uniformly unconvincing: a conservatoire of false notes. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times May 20, 2003
3/5
Not the high point of the Mailer career, but it's a small, entertaining part of it. Go to Full Review
Hal Hinson Washington Post Jan 1, 2000
Hard to classify; at times you laugh raucously at what's up on the screen; at others you stare dumbly, in stunned amazement. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Mar 24, 2021
3/5
...for bad movie fans, it's a masterpiece of over-ripe dialogue, ridiculously melodramatic situations, and rabid, macho posturing that curdles the moment it hits the screen... Go to Full Review
Michael Sragow NPR's Fresh Air Feb 3, 2021
Turgidly awful. Go to Full Review
Octavi Marti El Pais (Spain) Mar 27, 2020
After the first few minutes that are entertaining because of its excesses, the rest feels exhausting. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Norman Mailer

Director

Ryan O'Neal

Tim Madden

Isabella Rossellini

Madeleine Regency

Debra Stipe

Patty Lareine

Wings Hauser

Alvin

John Bedford Lloyd

Wardley

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Tough Guys Don't Dance

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Movie Info

Synopsis Norman Mailer directed this adaptation of his novel, which focuses on an alcoholic writer involved in a murder mystery.
Director
Norman Mailer
Producer
Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
Screenwriter
Norman Mailer
Production Co
Zoetrope Studios, Golan-Globus Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 18, 1987, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 1, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$421.4K
Runtime
1h 49m
Sound Mix
Surround
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