Story Line
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.
“Attitude plays a part.”
Top 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
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Rating
6.5/ 10
Release Date
1995-10-20
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
ComedyThrillerCrime
Part of the Series
Chili Palmer Collection
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User Reviews (3)
Peter McGinn
10/10
•10/23/2022I know that no movie is perfect but for my money Get Shorty is on my short list of films that come close. As good as the book is, I believe the movie improved upon it. I have watched it a few times, it being one of those movies we might invite a fri...
GenerationofSwine
1/10
•1/14/2023You know what, I really love Elmore Leonard, and a part of me feels that nearly any movie made from his works is going to come out as fresh, original, and worth watching.
This is the rare exception.
Here they took a classic Elmore Leonard plot ...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•4/15/2024Mobster "Chilli Palmer" (John Travolta) finds himself a bit exposed when his benefactor boss has an heart attack on his sixty-fifth birthday. Luckily for him, his new nemesis "Bones" still has an use for him - go to Hollywood and collect some gamblin...