Mad Dog and Glory

Mad Dog and Glory is a 1993 film written by Richard Price and directed by John McNaughton. It stars Robert De Niro as a Chicago crime scene investigator (nicknamed "Mad Dog" by his colleagues, to his chagrin), Uma Thurman as bartender "Glory" (in debt to her boss), and Bill Murray as Glory's boss, who identifies himself as both an "expediter of dreams" and a member of the La Cosa Nostra. David Caruso has a supporting role as Mad Dog's partner.

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1993 film - Richard Price - John McNaughton - Robert De Niro - Chicago - Crime scene investigator - Uma Thurman - Bill Murray - La Cosa Nostra - David Caruso

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De Niro's Mad Dog is a meek and lonely man who at the opening of the film has spent years on the beat without ever having to draw his gun. He decorates his apartment with crime scene photos he has taken on the job, photos taken with the careful craftsmanship of a man who really wanted to be fine art photographer but settled for a civil servant job because of the security and benefits it offered.

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Crime scene - Fine art photographer - Civil servant

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Early in the film, Mad Dog crosses paths with Frank Milo (played by Murray), a bystander at a hold-up in a convenience store who later turns out to be a mob boss. Mad Dog talks the robber, who has killed the store's owner, out of killing either Milo or Mad Dog. This places Milo in Mad Dog's debt, a debt that seems less motivated by Milo's code of honor than on the Jennifer Melfi-like advice of Milo's therapist.

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Hold-up - Convenience store - Code of honor - Jennifer Melfi

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Soon Mad Dog is visiting Milo at his comedy club; turns out Milo is also an aspiring stand-up comedian.

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Comedy club - Stand-up comedian

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Mad Dog meets Glory at the club; the rest of the film focuses on the two of them, and the complications that arise from each of their relationships with Milo.

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