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| Tough Guys Don't Dance | |
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| Directed by | Norman Mailer |
| Screenplay by | Norman Mailer Robert Towne (Rewrites) |
| Based on | Tough Guys Don't Dance by Norman Mailer |
| Produced by | Menahem Golan Yoram Globus |
| Starring | Ryan O'Neal Isabella Rossellini Debra Sandlund Wings Hauser |
| Cinematography | Mike Moyer John Bailey (Uncredited) |
| Edited by | Debra McDermott |
| Music by | Angelo Badalamenti |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | The Cannon Group |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5[2]–10 million[3] |
| Box office | $343,300[3] |
Tough Guys Don't Dance is a 1987 crime mystery comedy-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.[4]
The film received a mixed reaction from critics and was a box office bomb. It was also nominated for four 1988 Independent Spirit Awards.[5]
- ^ "Tough Guys Don't Dance (18)". British Board of Film Classification. October 9, 1987. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ Mann, Roderick (July 6, 1980). "MOVIES: THE HIGH ADVENTURES OF 'GREEN ICE'". Los Angeles Times. p. o25.
- ^ a b "The Unstoppables". Spy. November 1988. p. 92.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Tough Guys Don't Dance". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ "Film Independent Spirit Awards". imdb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2024.