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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Frank Darabont (story) &
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Plot:
A gas-station attendant chases escaped convicts who have abducted his girlfriend, and is blamed for her father's murder. full summary | add synopsis
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Strong road-chase action film, comparable to Duel. more (11 total)

Cast

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Patrick Muldoon ... Johnny Del Grissom

Peter Greene ... D.J. Wheeler
Amelia Heinle ... Sara Jane Bronnel

Russell Means ... Ten Reed
Kevin J. O'Connor ... Hobbs

Michael Ralph ... Lusher

Rex Linn ... Sheriff Ben Bronte

Jake Busey ... Deputy Norm Babbitt
John Doe ... Martin James
Lois Chiles ... Ada Bronnel
Matt Beck ... Deputy Briggs (as Matthew Beck)
Mack Miles ... Deputy Sam Arno (as Mack C. Miles)
Jeffrey DeMunn ... Bill Grissom

Charles Carroll ... Prison Bus Driver
Brian Libby ... Chief Prison Guard
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong brutal violence and language.
Runtime:
90 min
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Fun Stuff

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Continuity: When Norm is shot by Ten Reed, he falls over and there is blood on his back from the exit wound. Later on the blood on his back and the exit wound disappear when he waves down the semi-truck with the two men in it. more
Quotes:
Bill Grissom: You don't buy beer, you only borrow it for a while. more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Strong road-chase action film, comparable to Duel., 7 October 1999
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Author: Gary Imhoff (gary@dcwatch.com) from Washington, DC

Black Cat Run has a plot that could be written on a napkin, and drives down a well-traveled road, but generates more excitement than many "better written" movies. It's a chase film -- the hero tries to overtake and rescue his captured girlfriend before he himself is caught by pursuing policemen. But in it car stunts that we've seen many times before seem fresh and exciting, and the bad guys, who are almost as uniformly menacing as the monsters in a horror movie, are still authentically scary. The closest parallel is Spielberg's Duel, in which the characters are monotoned, the plot is straightforward and simple, but the thrills are real. In both cases, the director deserves the credit for knowing how to pace, time, frame, and present simple material in order to involve the audience emotionally.

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