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Tough Guys Don't Dance

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1987-09-18

Runtime: 109 mins

Director: Norman Mailer

Writer: Norman Mailer

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Original title: Tough Guys Don't Dance

Production Companies: Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group, American Zoetrope

Production Countries: United States of America

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