Dog Day (1983)
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Dog Day was originally distributed in France as Canicule. In one of his last film appearances, Lee Marvin portrays a gunman on the lam with girlfriend Tina Louise. He briefly takes refuge with a farm family whose idiotic excesses make Marvin's former criminal associates seem like choirboys. The wife of the household (Miou-Miou) falls in love with Marvin, to the extent of planning his escape when the law catches up with him. Also craving Marvin's sexual attentions is the wife's sister-in-law (Bernadette Lafont), the craziest and most pathetic of the bunch. Dog Day was based on Herman, a novel by Jean Vautrin. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, (more)
- Director(s):
- Christian Gaubert, Yves Boisset, (more)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Dog Day
Dog Day was originally distributed in France as Canicule. In one of his last film appearances, Lee Marvin portrays a gunman on the lam with girlfriend Tina Louise. He briefly takes refuge with a farm family whose idiotic excesses make Marvin's former criminal associates seem like choirboys. The wife of the household (Miou-Miou) falls in love with Marvin, to the extent of planning his escape when the law catches up with him. Also craving Marvin's sexual attentions is the wife's sister-in-law (Bernadette Lafont), the craziest and most pathetic of the bunch. Dog Day was based on Herman, a novel by Jean Vautrin. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 101 mins
Complete Cast of Dog Day
- Lee Marvin - Jimmy Cobb
- Jean Carmet - Socrate
- David Bennent - Chim
- Jean-Pierre Kalfon - Torontopoulos
- Henri Guybet - Marceau
- Tina Louise - Noemie Blue
- Julien Bukowski - Rojinski
- Mohamed Bekhtaoui
- Jean-Roger Milo - Julio
- Juliette Mills - Maggy
- Jean Cherlian
- Miou-Miou - Jessica
- Victor Lanoux - Horace
- Bernadette Lafont - Segolene
- Grace de Capitani - Lily
- Pierre Clémenti - Snake
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus - Le Barrec
- Lillemour Jonsson
- Inger Ekbom
- Joseph Momo - Doudou Cadillac
- Myriam Salvodi
- Muni - Gusta
- Director(s):
- Yves Boisset, Christian Gaubert
- Writer(s):
- Yves Boisset, Michel Audiard, Serge Korber
- Producer(s):
- Norbert Saada
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Violence, Not For Children)
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