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Feature film — 1987

Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)

4.71h 49mComedy — Crime — Thriller

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.

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A high-signal pick with 56 votes.

Golan-Globus Productions / The Cannon Group / American Zoetrope

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Director: Norman Mailer

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Cast & crew

Ryan O'Neal as Tim Madden

Ryan O'Neal

Tim Madden

Isabella Rossellini as Madeleine Regency

Isabella Rossellini

Madeleine Regency

Debra Stipe as Patty Lareine

Debra Stipe

Patty Lareine

Wings Hauser as Capt. Alvin Luther Regency

Wings Hauser

Capt. Alvin Luther Regency

John Bedford Lloyd as Wardley Meeks III

John Bedford Lloyd

Wardley Meeks III

Lawrence Tierney as Dougy Madden

Lawrence Tierney

Dougy Madden

Penn Jillette as Big Stoop

Penn Jillette

Big Stoop

Frances Fisher as Jessica Pond

Frances Fisher

Jessica Pond

John Snyder as Spider

John Snyder

Spider

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Stephan Morrow

Stoodie

Clarence Williams III as Bolo

Clarence Williams III

Bolo

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Kathryn Sanders

Beth

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