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Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995)

Mad Dogs and Englishmen poster
Directed by
Henry Cole
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
R18
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An upper-class drug addict gets chased by criminals. The film follows her struggle to survive.

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What happens

Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a 1995 British thriller film directed by Henry Cole and starring Elizabeth Hurley, C. Thomas Howell and Joss Ackland. The screenplay concerns an upper-class drug addict pursued by the criminal underworld. The screenplay was written by Henry Cole and Tim Sewell. The film's title is derived from the Noël Coward patter song, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", which has the refrain: "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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