Catchfire

"When murder is your business, you'd better not fall in love with your work."

Apr 3 1990 R 1h 56m
Action, Comedy, Crime

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.

Plot

Jodie Foster stars as Anne Benton, an artist who sees what she shouldn't - a mob assassination. The police want her to testify; the mob wants her dead. So she goes on the lam, moves to another state and adopts another identity. But she can't hide from Milo (Dennis Hopper), the mobster sent to kill her. One look at this target and the hitman has a change of heart. He doesn't want her life, he wants her love. Before long this unlikely couple is on the run from both the cops and the crooks, dodging bullets and trying to sort out who to trust, who to kill and who to love.

Written by

Rachel Kronstadt Mann, Ann Louise Bardach

Directed by

Dennis Hopper

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Dick Clark Productions, Mack-Taylor Productions, Vestron Pictures, Precision Films

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
4,840
Average Rating
5.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA