(1989) | Cat Chaser
A raw three-hour cut exists in Ferrara's personal archives and is occasionally screened at venues like the Anthology Film Archives and MoMA. 📽️ Cast & Characters Description Peter Weller George Moran The "Cat Chaser," a veteran and hotelier Kelly McGillis Mary DeBoya The general's wife caught in a dangerous affair Charles Durning Jiggs Scully A corrupt former cop Tomas Milian Andres DeBoya The villainous former secret police chief Frederic Forrest Nolen Tyner George's acquaintance involved in the heist
The film is notorious for its troubled production. Abel Ferrara has famously disowned the theatrical version. Cat Chaser (1989)
Watch the original trailer for this Elmore Leonard adaptation: Cat Chaser Trailer 1989 (Entertainment in video EV) 2ombieboy's VHS Vault YouTube• Feb 8, 2016 A raw three-hour cut exists in Ferrara's personal
Instead, he meets Mary DeBoya (Kelly McGillis), the wife of Andres DeBoya, a former head of the Dominican secret police. Their affair pulls George into a treacherous web of greed and murder as he is manipulated into helping a group trying to steal millions from the exiled general. ⚠️ The "Director's Cut" Controversy Watch the original trailer for this Elmore Leonard
90 minutes (Studio Cut); ~180 minutes (Director's Cut) đź“– Plot Summary
Vestron Pictures heavily edited the film, reducing it from a sprawling three-hour epic to a 90-minute thriller.
