Mad Dog and Glory Movie Review 1993

Cast against type, Murray and De Niro play each other's straight man in this dark romantic comedy. Meek "Mad Dog" (De Niro) is an off-duty police photographer who happens upon a convenience store robbery and manages to save the life of Frank (Murray), obnoxious gangster by day, obnoxious stand-up comic by night. To settle up, Frank offers him Glory (Thurman), for a week. Eventually, Frank wants Glory back, forcing wimpy Mad Dog to either confront or surrender. Directed by McNaughton, who established himself with "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer." Uneven and not of the knee-slapper ilk, but the performances are tight, including Caruso as a cop buddy of De Niro's.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, So I Amuse You?, Chicago, Buddies, Shutterbugs, Nightclubs, Torrid Love Scenes, Organized Crime, Cops

Screenplay

Richard Price

Cast

Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, David Caruso, Mike Starr, Tom Towles, Kathy Baker, Derek Anunciation, J.J. Johnston, Richard Belzer

Cinematography

Robby Muller

Director

John McNaughton

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Producer

Martin Scorsese