Tough Guys Don’t Dance

Year: 1987

Runtime: 109 mins

Language: English

Director: Norman Mailer

ComedyDramaCrimeThrillers and murder mysteriesDreamlike quirky and surreal storytelling

A love story haunted by murder, Tim Madden wakes to find a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car drenched in blood, his girlfriend tangled with the town sheriff, and a severed head hidden in his weed stash. Convinced he’s been framed, he launches a desperate investigation that uncovers a web of corruption in the coastal town of Provincetown.

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