Tough Guys Don't Dance Movie Review 1987

Mailer directed this self-satiric mystery thriller from his own novel. A writer may have committed murder--but he can't remember. So he searches for the truth among various friends, enemies, lovers, and cohorts.

Distribution

Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1699 Stutz Dr., Troy, MI 48084, Phone: (248)816-0909, Toll-free: 800-786-8777, Fax: (248)816-3335, URL: http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com

Available on VHS
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Books to Film: Norman Mailer

Screenplay

Norman Mailer

Cast

Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Wings Hauser, Debra Sandlund, John Bedford Lloyd, Lawrence Tierney, Clarence Williams, Penn Jillette, Frances Fisher

Cinematography

John Bailey

Director

Norman Mailer

Music

Angelo Badalamenti

Producer

Francis Ford Coppola, Cannon Films

Awards

Golden Raspberries 1987: Worst Director (Mailer).