Film

Tough Guys Don't Dance

1987 · 1h 49m · Comedy · Crime · Thriller

A love story haunted by murder.

IMDb

4.9

Rotten Tomatoes

39%

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.

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

Stephan Morrow

Stoodie

Clarence Williams III

Bolo

Kathryn Sanders

Beth

Ira Lewis

Merwyn Finney

Ed Setrakian

Lawyer

Jodi Faith Cahn

Rhonda

Edward Bonetti

Old Cellmate

• Norman MailerDirector · Writer · Novel
• Yoram GlobusProducer
• Menahem GolanProducer
• Francis Ford CoppolaExecutive Producer
• Tom LuddyExecutive Producer
• John BaileyDirector of Photography
• Angelo BadalamentiOriginal Music Composer
• Debra McDermottEditor
• Robert MacDonaldCasting
• Bonnie TimmermannCasting

Blu-ray Promo TrailerTough Guys Don't Dance (1987) Original Trailer [HD]

Release date

September 18, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 49m

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$858,250

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Thriller

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