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Mad Dogs and Englishmen (film)

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For the film of Joe Cocker's 1970 US concert tour, see Mad Dogs & Englishmen (film).

Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a 1995 British thriller film directed by Henry Cole and starring Elizabeth Hurley, C. Thomas Howell and Joss Ackland.[1] The screenplay concerns an upper-class drug addict pursued by the criminal underworld.

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

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."

Plot

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Antonia Dyer is a well-to-do Englishwoman with a serious drug habit. Her heroin supply is delivered by an American motorcycle courier named Mike Stone, and before long the two of them also develop a romantic attachment.

Not only does Antonia risk her life with drug use, but she is physically assaulted by a deranged police inspector named Stringer who has a particular distaste for high-society addicts. Stringer also has two dangerous thugs who work on the side for Tony Vernon-Smith, a drug lord, further putting Antonia's life in jeopardy.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1994)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. ^ A smack in the face for Liz, By Chris Peachment, 4 June 1995, The Independent
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