Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)

Directed by

Norman Mailer

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama, crime film, neo-noir, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ex-convict writer wakes up from a blackout to find himself implicated in a series of murders in a small Cape Cod town. He tries to piece together what happened while dealing with the local police and his own fractured memories.

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What happens

Tough Guys Don't Dance is a 1987 American crime mystery drama film written and directed by Norman Mailer based on his novel of the same name. It is a murder mystery/film noir piece. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb. It was also nominated for four 1988 Independent Spirit Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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