Directed by:
Barry SonnenfeldScreenplay:
Scott FrankCinematography:
Donald PetermanComposer:
John LurieCast:
John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, David Paymer, Jon Gries, Martin Ferrero, Miguel Sandoval (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Loan shark Chili Palmer (Travolta) is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA to collect a debt from down-and-out filmmaker Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), Chili talks tough...and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir (Danny DeVito), romances B-movie queen Karen Flores (Rene Russo) and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants intown. In fact, all would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it weren't for the drug smugglersand the angry mobster who won't leave him alone! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Alex Rocco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273066_6dbcf2.jpg)
Alex Rocco
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Patrick Breen
USA
Best movies:
Men in Black (1997)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Nobody's Perfect (1989)
Leslie Bega
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Tuff Turf (1985)
Silence of the Heart (1984) (TV movie)
![John Cothran Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619315_81503a.jpg)
John Cothran Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
The Perfect Game (2009)
Yes Man (2008)
![David Groh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/078/158078102_dddf38.jpg)
David Groh
USA
Best movies:
The Stöned Age (1994)
Get Shorty (1995)
Un tueur dans la foule (1976)
Brian Reed Garvin
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Hero (1992)
Bobby Slayton
USA
Best movies:
Ed Wood (1994)
Bandits (2001)
Dreamgirls (2006)
![Alfred Dennis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/556/160556913_79584f.gif)
Alfred Dennis
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Odd Couple II (1998)
Infidelity (1987) (TV movie)
![Carlease Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/680/160680491_12a843.png)
Carlease Burke
Best movies:
The Terminal (2004)
Here Come the Munsters (1995) (TV movie)
Frankenstein: The College Years (1991) (TV movie)
Donna W. Scott
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Deja Vu (2006)
![Ralph Manza](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360305_6e5a66.jpg)
Ralph Manza
USA
Best movies:
The Enemy Below (1957)
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
The Hunters (1958)
![Ron Karabatsos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/527/162527233_7a2407.jpg)
Ron Karabatsos
USA
Best movies:
Prince of the City (1981)
Rich Girl (1991)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Jay Montalvo
Best movies:
Space: Above and Beyond (1995) (series)
S.W.A.T. (2003)
The Onion Movie (2008)
Zack Phifer
Best movies:
Addams Family Values (1993)
Get Shorty (1995)
The Last Seduction (1994)
Rino Piccolo
Best movies:
Get Shorty (1995)
Monkey Trouble (1994)
The Silence of the Hams (1994)
Stephanie Kemp
Best movies:
Wag the Dog (1997)
Get Shorty (1995)
Men in Black II (2002)