DOG DAY (SPECIAL EDITION) AKA CANICULE [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1984
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Foreign
• Plot: The manhunt is on! Screen legend Lee Marvin (Prime Cut, Monte Walsh, Gorky Park) stars as American gangster Jimmy Cobb, on the lam in France with millions in stolen cash. The air and ground are swarming with police and Cobb's old partners in crime, uniting for one purpose -- to kill Cobb and take the loot. His only refuge is a seemingly innocent farm in rural Beauce region. The heat of the Dog Day reaches a boiling point as two farmeers hatch a sinister plan to bargain for Cobb's life -- and each wants a distincly different form of payment. Like a hounded animal Cobb has nowhere to hide... his predators are always lurking in the vilent inferno of the Dog Day. Stylishly directed by Yves Boisset (Dupont Lajoie) and featuring a haunting and beautiful score by legenday composer Francis Lai (Love Story). Based on a novel by Jean Herman (Farewell, Friend) and co-starring Miou-Miou (Going Places), Jean Carmet (Circle of Deceit), Victor Lanoux (Cousin Cousine), David Bennent (The Tin Drum) and Tina Louise (Day of the Outlaw).
• Cast: Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, David Bennent, Bernadette Lafont, Grace De Capitani, Tina Louise, Muni, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Juliette Mills, Julien Bukowski, Jean-Roger Milo, Joseph Momo, Henri Guybet, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Myriam Salvodi, Inger Ekbom, Lillemour Jonsson, Mohamed Bekhtaoui, Chrystel, Yves Boisset, Jean Herman, Michel Audiard, Dominique Roulet
• Director: Yves Boisset
• Runtime: 1:38
• Company: Kino Lorber, StudioCanal
• Media Format: Movie