Tough Guys Don't Dance
by Norman Mailerliterary work· published 1984
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Tough Guys Don't Dance (1984) is a noir thriller and murder mystery novel by American writer Norman Mailer reminiscent of the works of Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, and Raymond Chandler. The novel was written in only two months in order to fulfill a contractual obligation. The book was adapted into a film, directed by Mailer, in 1987.
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Tough Guys Don't Dance was adapted into a 1987 film.
Tough Guys Don't Dance1987 · film · 110 min · dir. Norman Mailer · IMDb ↗IMDb4.939%Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a woman's severed head in his weed stash. Sensing a setup and in desperate need to clear his name, he begins an investigation that soon begins to expose a web of corruption in the small coastal community of Provincetown.
