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Dog Day is a french film of genre Drama directed by Yves Boisset with Lee Marvin
Dog Day (1984)
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Add to a movie listDog Day (French title: "Canicule", which means "heatwave") is a 1984 film by French director Yves Boisset starring Lee Marvin. A criminal shows up at a farmhouse with the law on his heels and several million dollars in his possession. The supporting cast includes Tina Louise and Juliette Mills. The movie was directed by Yves Boisset.
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Au plus chaud de l'été, un braqueur américain poursuivi par les forces de l'ordre après avoir cambriolé une banque à Chartres aboutit dans une ferme de la Beauce où il devient l'objet de toutes les très fortes tensions de ce milieu de rustres aussi fermés que violents, y compris les poursuites sexuelles d'une nymphomane.Actors
Lee Marvin
(Jimmy Cobb)
Miou-Miou
(Jessica)
Jean Carmet
(Socrate)
Victor Lanoux
(Horace)
Bernadette Lafont
(Ségolène)
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