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3 April 1990 (USA)
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Tagline:
When murder is your business, you'd better not fall in love with your work.
Plot:
An artist (Foster) witnesses a Mafia hit and calls the police. At the police station she realizes that the Mafia has a man in the force...
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Nice Try But no Cigar
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dennis Hopper | ... | Milo | |
| Jodie Foster | ... | Anne Benton | |
| Dean Stockwell | ... | John Luponi | |
| Vincent Price | ... | Mr. Avoca | |
| John Turturro | ... | Pinella | |
| Fred Ward | ... | Pauling | |
| Julie Adams | ... | Martha | |
| Tony Sirico | ... | Greek (as G. Anthony Sirico) | |
| Sy Richardson | ... | Capt. Walker | |
| Frank Gio | ... | Frankie | |
| Helena Kallianiotes | ... | Grace Carelli | |
| John Apicella | ... | Man at refinery | |
| Clifford Bartholomew | ... | Fed #2 | |
| Kevin Bourland | ... | Ad agency man | |
| Carl David Burks | ... | Ad agency man |
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180 min (original cut) | 116 min (director's cut) | 98 min (cut version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Iceland:16 |
Norway:15 |
Singapore:M18 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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Vestron Pictures were unhappy with director Dennis Hopper's original 180 minute cut of the film that they re-edited it without his knowledge. Hopper was so enraged he sued the company but they had already gone bankrupt. He nevertheless insisted on the anonymous Alan Smithee credit.
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Crew or equipment visible: When the camera climbs the stairs in Anne's hideout in New Mexico, its shadow is visible on the wall to the left.
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Referenced in Who Is Alan Smithee? (2002) (TV)
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Despite a marvelous cast and some pretty good ideas, pedestrian writing keeps this movie from being as good as its cast would have make one think it would be. Although Catchfire, or Backtrack as it is known in the U.S., clearly tries to be a black comedy it does not have quite enough humor in it to qualify. That said, though, this is a consistently interesting film that is filled with excellent performances. 7 out of 10.