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Tough Guys Don't Dance 1987 Directed by Norman Mailer

A love story haunted by murder.

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $5,000,000
Revenue $858,250
Release Date 18 September 1987
109 mins
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Ryan O'Neal Tim Madden
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
John Snyder Spider
Ira Lewis Merwyn Finney
Edward Bonetti Old Cellmate
Katrina Marshall Topless Girl
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