Mad Dogs and Englishmen (film)

Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Directed byHenry Cole
StarringElizabeth Hurley
C. Thomas Howell
Joss Ackland
Music byBarrie Guard
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
CountryUnited Kingdom

Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a 1995 British thriller film directed by Henry Cole and starring Elizabeth Hurley, C. Thomas Howell and Joss Ackland. The screenplay concerns an upper-class drug addict pursued by the criminal underworld.

The screenplay was written by Henry Cole and Tim Sewell. The film's title is derived from the Noël Coward patter song, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", which has the refrain: "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun."