Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987 · 109 MIN · IMDB 4.9 · 1,980 VOTES · DIR. Norman Mailer
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,084 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:22 I keep saying to myself
00:07:07 - Did you win? - You don't stop, do you?
00:11:33 Cos those two dead whores keep whispering to me.
00:15:27 - Who did it? - I don't know.
00:19:19 Some of them are interesting. They were ferried over from Hell Town.
00:23:26 Well, a couple of your neighbors figured you'd lopped somebody's arm off.
00:28:42 Beth, do me a favor -
00:32:02 - Dead. - Dead?
00:35:45 I read something you wrote.
00:40:03 A writer?
00:44:13 Not so many tears. Your grief is deep within.
00:47:43 Now I knew what I wanted.
00:51:21 Keep your word.
00:56:13 Good bourbon?
00:59:48 I didn't know what Regency was trying to tell me - or not tell me.
01:07:16 She flew out two days later for San Francisco, connecting to Santa Barbara.
01:13:07 to tell you the truth, I don't even have a clue -
01:16:37 Not bloody likely, princess.
01:22:08 - Where's the cocaine? - Shut your mouth.
01:26:22 What do you bring to large operations?
01:29:49 Get your ass off my pillow.
01:33:09 I'm feeling sick.
01:39:05 - Cheers. - Cheers.
01:43:10 You got eyes for my woman.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,084
Dialogue density9.9 lines / min
First line00:00:22
Final line01:43:10
Production Record
DirectorNorman Mailer
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue$858,250
IMDb votes1,980