Cat Chaser (1990)
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40% of critics liked it
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18% of users liked it
(657 ratings)
Elmore Leonard's brittle novel is brought to the screen in this adaptation by director Abel Ferrara and screenwriter James Borrelli. Peter Weller plays George Moran, a Miami hotel owner who in times past fought in Santo Domingo during the American intervention into that country. George finds… More Elmore Leonard's brittle novel is brought to the screen in this adaptation by director Abel Ferrara and screenwriter James Borrelli. Peter Weller plays George Moran, a Miami hotel owner who in times past fought in Santo Domingo during the American intervention into that country. George finds himself drawn back to Santo Domingo to try to find a woman who had given him the moniker of Cat Chaser. Instead of the woman he is looking for, George finds Mary (Kelly McGillis), and as it comes to all men, George ends up having a passionate affair with Mary -- so passionate, in fact, that Mary announces to her husband Andres (Tomas Milian) that their marriage is over. Unfortunately for Mary and George, Andres, who at one point in the past was the head of the Santo Domingo secret police, has other ideas concerning the dissolution of their marriage. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Abel Ferrara
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
R,
- In Theaters
- Apr 1, 1989 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 18, 2003
- Studio
- Davis Panzer
Critic Reviews
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Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
A butchered mess of a movie that only superficially resembles the Elmore Leonard novel on which it's based.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A crime thriller with noir pretensions.
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Cast
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Peter Weller
as George Moran
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Kelly McGillis
as Mary DeBoya
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Charles Durning
as Jiggs Scully
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Frederic Forrest
as Nolan Tyner
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Tomas Milian
as Andres DeBoya
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Juan Fernández
as Rafi
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Phil Leeds
as Jerry Shea
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Tony Bolano
as Corky
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Adrianne Sachs
as Anita DeBoya
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Robert Escobar
as Mario Prado
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Vivian Addison
as Lula the Maid
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Alexis Arguello
as Pepe Mendoza
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Brooke Becker
as Philly
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Bilal H. El-Amin
as Doorman
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Guido Inguanzo
as Cab Driver
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Kelly Jo Minter
as Loret
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Joseph Paris
as Bartender
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Pedro J. Pelaez
as Bellboy
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Mary-Robin Redd
as Felicia
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Victor Rivers
as Emellio Mendoza
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Teresa M. Rojas
as Altagracia
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Carlos Ruiz
as Waiter
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Maria M. Ruperto
as Luci Palma
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Fara Schiller
as Manlyn
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Rosita Sustache
as Older Woman
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Pedro Telémaco
as Clerk
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Michael Weller
as Policeman
- Diane Dimeo
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Anthony Correa
as Ralph the bodyguard
