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'Catch the Heat', also known as 'Feel the Heat',[https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film872584.html Catch the Heat (1987)] FilmAffinity 'Sin escape' and 'Narcotraficantes', is a 1987 Argentine-American action film directed by Joel Silberg and written by Stirling Silliphant. It stars Tiana Alexandra, David Dukes, Rod Steiger and Brian Thompson. It was also released with the alternative titles 'Sentir la persecucin' ("Feel the Chase") and 'Misin: Alto riesgo' ("Mission: High Risk").

Synopsis



A police officer who is very skilled with martial arts (and has a technique of her own) disguises herself as a showgirl/dancer to infiltrate a South American drug ring, while at the same time she unwittingly strikes up a relationship with an undercover special agent who carries the same goal.

Cast



* Tiana Alexandra ... Checkers Goldberg

* David Dukes ... Waldo Tarr

* Rod Steiger ... Jason Hannibal

* Brian Thompson ... Danny Boy

* ... Raul De Villa

* John Hancock ... Ike

* Brian Libby ... Brody

* Toru Tanaka ... Dozu

* Jessica Schultz ... Maria

* Russell Clark ... Reggie

* ... Jose Calsado

* Cecilia Maresca ... Juanita

* ... Dr. Bleyer

* Miguel Habud ... Ramn

* John Dresden ... San Francisco Agent

* Bill Wood ... Officer #1

* Amparo Ibarlucia ... Hannibal's Secretary

* Masafumi Sakanashi ... Kendo Teacher

* Gerardo Bardelli ... Pianist

* Gary Jensen ... Drug Hustler at San Francisco

* Gene Lehfeldt ... Drug Hustler at San Francisco

* Michael Carr ... Drug Hustler at San Francisco

* Norberto Maceri ... Dancer

* Ariel Tejada ... Dancer

* Patricio Vargas ... Dancer

* Hugo Velardez ... Dancer

* Roberto Vernes ... Dancer

* Roberto Blanzaco ... Dancer

Production



It was filmed in Technicolor and shot over a year in three locations: Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Villa Mara ranch, which was created by renowned Argentine painter and architect Alejandro Bustillo, and located in Mximo Paz (Buenos Aires Province).

Release



The film first premiered in 1986 in Argentina, and then premiered on USA in October 1987. It was later shown on cable TV in 1993, under the title 'Sentir la persecucin' ("Feel the Chase").

Bibliography



* 'A dictionary of Argentine Films (1930-1995)' - Manrupe, Ral; Portela, Mara Alejandra (2001). "Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995)". Buenos Aires: Editorial Corregidor (Corregidor Publishing House). pp. 536537. ISBN 950-05-0896-6.

* 'Hollywood in Don Torcuato. The Adventures of Roger Corman and Hector Olivera' - Fevrier, Andrs (2020, Argentina). "Hollywood en Don Torcuato. Las aventuras de Roger Corman y Hctor Olivera". This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.es.

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