Mad Dog Time

Director: Larry Bishop
Genre: Crime Fiction, Comedy, Buddy film, Gangster, Action, Heist, Black comedy, Action/Adventure, Caper story, Crime Comedy
Year: 1996
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Diane Lane, Paul Anka, Gregory Hines, Larry Bishop, Richard Pryor, Kyle MacLachlan, Henry Silva, Billy Idol, Rob Reiner, Burt Reynolds, Michael J. Pollard, Christopher Jones, Billy Drago, Angie Everhart, Joey Bishop, Réal Andrews

Mad Dog Time (a.k.a. Trigger Happy) is a 1996 ensemble cast crime film written and directed by Larry Bishop, released through United Artists. The film is notable for the various cameo appearances, including the first movie appearance by Christopher Jones in over a quarter-century.

The story takes place in a mysterious underworld of swanky nightclubs where armed criminals listen to Rat Pack music and hold shootouts from a seated position, behind desks.

Mickey Holiday is the top enforcer for Vic, the mob boss. Vic is about to be released from a psychiatric facility, or, as his adversary Jake Parker puts it, "the loony bin." In his absence, Ben London has been running Vic's nightclub while Mickey has been romancing both Rita and Grace Everly, which is doubly dangerous inasmuch as they are sisters and Grace was previously Vic's girl.

Parker recruits a number of hired guns in an attempt to seize power. Mickey kills the first to challenge him, Lee Turner. The next one brought in by Parker, identified as Nicholas Falco and supposedly the fastest draw of all, murders Mickey's close friend, Jules Flamingo, who is unarmed. A showdown is arranged and Mickey ends up eliminating both Parker and

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