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Dog Day is a french film of genre Drama directed by Yves Boisset with Lee Marvin

Dog Day (1984)

Dog Day
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Length 1h41
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Crime
Rating57% 2.892432.892432.892432.892432.89243

Dog 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.

Synopsis

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.

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