Dog Day (1984)
Directed by Yves Boisset / Christian Gaubert
Genres - Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller |
Run Time - 105 min. |
Countries - Australia, France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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.
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government, chase, decadence, fugitive, gangster, girlfriend, helicopter, on-the-run, police, sex, tracking [following], treason, violence, America, dog, espionage, farming, France, hideout, refugee