Mad Dogs and Englishmen (film)
# Mad Dogs and Englishmen (film)

Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a 1995 British thriller film directed by Henry Cole and starring Elizabeth Hurley, C. Thomas Howell and Joss Ackland. The screenplay concerns an upper-class drug addict pursued by the criminal underworld.

## Plot

Antonia Dyer is a well-to-do Englishwoman with a serious drug habit. Her heroin supply is delivered by an American motorcycle courier named Mike Stone, and before long the two of them also develop a romantic attachment.

Not only does Antonia risk her life with drug use, but she is physically assaulted by a deranged police inspector named Stringer who has a particular distaste for high-society addicts. Stringer also has two dangerous thugs who work on the side for Tony Vernon-Smith, a drug lord, further putting Antonia's life in jeopardy.

## Cast

* Elizabeth Hurley ... Antonia Dyer
* C. Thomas Howell ... Mike
* Joss Ackland ... Inspector Sam Stringer
* Christopher Adamson ... Max Quinlan
* Marcus Bentley ... Photographer's Assistant
* Claire Bloom ... Liz Stringer
* Jeremy Brett ... Tony Vernon-Smith
* Russ Kane ... Flying Eye Reporter
* Andrew Connolly ... Clive Nathan
* Louise Delamere ... Sandy
* Cheryl Doll ... Young Antonia
* Nicola Duffett ... Diane
* Alan Freeman ... Disc Jockey
* Paula Hamilton ... Charlie
* David Harewood ... Jessop
* Ian Henderson ... Surveillance Detective
* Daniel Jenkins ... Junkie
* Patrick Lichfield ... Himself
* Frederick Treves ... Sir Harry Dyer
