Mad Dogs and Englishmen (film)
1995 British film
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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 | |
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| Directed by | Henry Cole |
| Starring | Elizabeth Hurley C. Thomas Howell Joss Ackland |
| Music by | Barrie Guard |
| Distributed by | Entertainment |
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| Country | United 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
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
- Elizabeth Hurley as Antonia Dyer[2]
- C. Thomas Howell as Mike
- Joss Ackland as Inspector Sam Stringer
- Christopher Adamson as Max Quinlan
- Marcus Bentley as Photographer's Assistant
- Claire Bloom as Liz Stringer
- Jeremy Brett as Tony Vernon-Smith
- Russ Kane as Flying Eye Reporter
- Andrew Connolly as Clive Nathan
- Louise Delamere as Sandy
- Cheryl Doll as Young Antonia
- Nicola Duffett as Diane
- Alan Freeman as Disc Jockey
- Paula Hamilton as Charlie
- David Harewood as Jessop
- Ian Henderson as Surveillance Detective
- Daniel Jenkins as Junkie
- Patrick Lichfield as Himself
- Frederick Treves as Sir Harry Dyer
