Cat Chaser

Name: Cat Chaser
Director: Abel Ferrara
Released: 1989

The Run Down.

An American veteran (Weller) of the Dominican Republic intervention (LBJ era) is running a hotel in Miami, and trying to put the memories of the intervention behind him. He gets involved with a former Dominican Republic general's wife (McGillis). He then gets duped through a series of intricate plot twists into helping a group of people trying to rip the general off. (IMDB)

Release Year: 1989

Source: Novel and Screenplay ( Cat Chaser)

Director: Abel Ferrara

Written by: Elmore Leonard, James Borelli

Production: Vestron Pictures

Starring: Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis

Runtime: 90 Minutes

Co-scripted by Elmore Leonard from his own novel, starting out with black-and-white footage of war-torn Santo Domingo before jumping to the palmless tat of a Florida motel, this is a typical Leonard brew: extreme passion and violence interspersed with mature characterisations, wit, and a non-judgmental attitude.

— TimeOut London

The Book: Cat Chaser

The last time Florida motel owner George Moran was in the Dominican Republic he was in a uniform and people were shooting at him. Years later he's back looking for a girl he lost—and finding one he'd be better off without. But that doesn't matter to George while he's sleeping with beautiful Mary DeBoya—only when he discovers his lover is the wife of a former death squad general in exile with solid mob connections. Now George is bringing big trouble back with him to the Sunshine State—as his nostalgic trip down memory lane has tangled him up in a cat's cradle of drug deals, swindles, vengeance, and murder . . . and a love that's not only blind but lethal.

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