Tough Guys Don't Dance (film)

Tough Guys Don't Dance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNorman Mailer
Screenplay byNorman Mailer
Robert Towne (Rewrites)
Based onTough Guys Don't Dance
by Norman Mailer
Produced byMenahem Golan
Yoram Globus
StarringRyan O'Neal
Isabella Rossellini
Debra Sandlund
Wings Hauser
CinematographyMike Moyer
John Bailey (Uncredited)
Edited byDebra McDermott
Music byAngelo Badalamenti
Production
companies
Distributed byThe Cannon Group
Release date
  • September 18, 1987 (1987-09-18)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5–10 million
Box office$343,300

Tough Guys Don't Dance is a 1987 crime mystery drama film written and directed by Norman Mailer based on his novel of the same name. It is a murder mystery/film noir piece. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

The film received a mixed reaction from critics and was a box office bomb. It was also nominated for four 1988 Independent Spirit Awards.