Mad Dogs and Englishmen (film)

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Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Directed by Henry Cole
Starring Elizabeth Hurley
C. Thomas Howell
Joss Ackland
Music byBarrie Guard
Release date
1995
CountryBritish

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.

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Plot

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.

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References

  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