Mad Dog and Glory (1992)

Director

• John McNaughton

Starring

• Robert De Niro
• Uma Thurman
• Bill Murray
• David Caruso
• Kathy Baker

Last On

00:15-02:00 Sun 18th Jan 2009 105m
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Synopsis

In this intriguing romantic drama from the pen of novelist and regular Martin Scorsese collaborator Richard Price, Robert De Niro plays the "Mad Dog" of the title, a shy, quiet police forensics photographer. As a reward for saving the life of mobster and aspiring stand-up comedian Bill Murray, De Niro is given a "present" - Uma Thurman - but the arrangement becomes complicated when the mismatched duo fall in love. The direction from John McNaughton, notorious for Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, is subtle, even though he has difficulty keeping the diverse elements of the story - romance, black comedy, gangster thriller - together. He is helped, however, by a nicely understated performance from De Niro, and a rather strange one from Murray. David Caruso, in his pre-NYPD Blue days, pops up as De Niro's best chum.