ActionThriller

Cat Chaser

- Passion. Greed. Murder. Tonight they pay.

A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.

Release Date : 1989-09-13

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Vestron PicturesWhiskers Productions Inc.

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : George Moran

Original Name : Peter Weller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary DeBoya

Original Name : Kelly McGillis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jiggs Scully

Original Name : Charles Durning

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nolen Tyner

Original Name : Frederic Forrest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andres DeBoya

Original Name : Tomas Milian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rafi

Original Name : Juan Fernández

Gender : Male

Character Name : Loret

Original Name : Kelly Jo Minter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jerry Shea

Original Name : Phil Leeds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corky

Original Name : Tony Bolano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anita DeBoya

Original Name : Adrianne Sachs

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mario Prado

Original Name : Roberto Escobar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucie Palma

Original Name : Millie Ruperto

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maid Lula

Original Name : Vivian Addison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Philly

Original Name : Brooke Becker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marilyn

Original Name : Fara Schiller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cab Driver

Original Name : Guido Inguanzo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk

Original Name : Pedro Telémaco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Carlos Ruiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Older Woman

Original Name : Rosita Sustache

Gender : Male

Character Name : Altagracia

Original Name : Teresa Maria Rojas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emelio Mendoza

Original Name : Victor Rivers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pepe Mendoza

Original Name : Alexis Arguello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Michael Weller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doorman

Original Name : Bilal H. El-Amin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bell Boy

Original Name : Pedro J. Pelaez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Joseph Parisi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Felicia

Original Name : Mary-Robin Redd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Reni Santoni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waitress (uncredited)

Original Name : Sherrie Rose

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ralph (uncredited)

Original Name : Anthony Correa

Gender : Male

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-14

Yeah, I know it's a flawed film, I mean, I caught it one night, LATE at night, on cable TV when I was a kid. HBO to be specific and at an hour reserved for only failed and low quality films. In other words, I found it at a place where movies go to die. The equivalent of the bargain box at a toy store. But, I liked it. It wasn't the usual thriller and that's saying a lot given that thrillers, like action movies, all have relatively the same plot. They tend to be like the Harley Davidson store crowd as in they all dress the same and claim they are rebels. Cat Chaser was something different. The plot stood out. Peter Weller did as best a job he could. The cast did as best a job as they could. It was just, the director didn't really know what to do with the script, which was, I learned, (thank you IMDB) based on an Elmore Leonard novel...and that sort of says it all. The writer, Elmore Leonard, isn't exactly a literary great. He has an irritating vernacular. BUT, he also has a talent for creating unique characters and unique settings and situations and stringing them all together into a coherent plot. Leonard is a pulp writer, but he was a pulp writer that was original in his approach to just about everything and his stories are a pleasure to read. And, when, like this one, they are adapted to the big screen, that uniqueness carries over. Even in a bad film, as this one was--albeit a bad film with good acting--it becomes a story that you haven't really encountered before and you won't encounter again. So give it a watch, it's Elmore Leonard, you aren't seeing a great film, but you are going to see a story you haven't encountered before, and to me, that alone is worth 10 out of 10 stars. Don't rate it on it's cinematic prowess, watch it for the plot, it's new, it's original, and, even if its badly done, we need a lot more of that, especially now, when almost everything we see is exactly like almost everything else we are seeing.