7.7 Score

1995 • 1h 45min • R • Thriller, Comedy, Crime

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"Attitude plays a part."

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

IMDb 6.9

RT 88%

MC 81

Director

Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers

Elmore Leonard

Scott Frank

Composer

John Lurie

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John Travolta

Chili Palmer

Gene Hackman

Harry Zimm

Rene Russo

Karen Flores

Danny DeVito

Martin Weir

Dennis Farina

Ray 'Bones' Barboni

Delroy Lindo

Bo Catlett

James Gandolfini

Bear

Jon Gries

Ronnie Wingate

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Gene Hackman Harry Zimm

Rene Russo Karen Flores

Danny DeVito Martin Weir

Dennis Farina Ray 'Bones' Barboni

Delroy Lindo Bo Catlett

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Jon Gries Ronnie Wingate

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Martin Ferrero Tommy Carlo

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