Get Shorty

Description:

Mob-connected loanshark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind -- plus his "friends" have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town with its dreammakers, glitter, hucksters, and liars -- plus gorgeous, partially clad would-be starlets everywhere you look -- seems ideal for an enterprising criminal with a taste for the cinematic. Besides, Chili's got an idea for a killer movie -- though it could very possibly kill him to get it made.

subjects: Fiction,  Motion picture producers and directors,  Motion picture industry,  Motion picture producers and directors in fiction,  Motion picture industry in fiction,  Large type books,  Mystery and detective stories,  Fiction, thrillers, suspense,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Motion picture industry, fiction,  Hollywood (los angeles, calif.), fiction,  Detective and mystery stories,  Mafia,  Motion picture actors and actresses,  Romans policiers

Places: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.),  Miami,  California,  Florida,  Hollywood (Los Angeles),  Los Angeles