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Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a loan shark who works for the Miami mafia, and in particular the nasty Ray 'Bones' Barboni (Dennis Farina). He has just been sent to Los Angeles to track down a man called Leo Devoe (David Paymer), who owes him money on a gambling debt.

However when there, he is enlisted by a casino boss to find a bigger deadbeat, Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), Hollywood player and producer of low-budget horror films. Chilli meets Harry, his scream- queen leading lady, Karen Flores (Rene Russo), Harry's drug-dealing financial advisor, Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo) and a big movie star (and Karen's ex-boyfriend), Martin Weir (Danny DeVito), better known as "Shorty"

Chili soon finds, on meeting this group of people that his Mafioso skills lend themselves quite nicely to what he's always really wanted to do: producing movies.

Keywords:

Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Black Comedy, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1995) (4 Star)

Cast:

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

Supporting Cast:

James Gandolfini	.... Bear
Jon Gries	.... Ronnie Wingate
Renee Props	.... Nicki
David Paymer	.... Leo Devoe
Martin Ferrero	.... Tommy Carlo
Miguel Sandoval	.... Mr. Escobar
Jacob Vargas	.... Yayo Portillo
Bobby Slayton	.... Dick Allen
Linda Hart	.... Fay Devoe

Directors:

Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers:

Elmore Leonard
Scott Frank

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