C.A.T. Squad

1986TV Movie⏱️ 1h 37mPG-13

ActionDrama

⭐ 4.6

IMDB Rating

230 votes

A special government organization known as the C.A.T. Squad is formed to deal with terrorists.

Director

William Friedkin

Writers

N/A

Stars

Joe Cortese, Jack Youngblood, Steve James

Release Date

July 27, 1986

Language

English

Country

United States

💬 6

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Joe Cortese

as John 'Doc' Burkholder

Jack Youngblood

as John Sommers

Steve James

as Bud Raines

Patricia Charbonneau

as Nikki Blake

Barry Corbin

as The Director

Eddie Velez

as Carlos

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Sam Gray

as Dr. Henry Spivak

Al Shannon

as Irish Johnny

Frank Military

as Willie Darby

Anna Maria Horsford

as Mrs. Raines

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Mono

Color

Filming Location

Mexicali, Baja California Norte, Mexico

Production

NBC Productions

🏷️ Keywords

tv series pilotperiod in titlefirst partanimal in titleacronym in title

🎯 Categories

ActionDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Friedkin as workman

by davidmvining • 2024-06-26

3/10

"I strongly suspect that the only reason that this TV film got made for NBC was because William Friedkin had a good time while working with Gerald Petievich on To Live and Die in L. A., Petievich said he had more stories that he could turn into movies, and Friedkin fronted for him to studios and networks until they got a deal. This dull, plodding thriller feels like all of the worst impulses from Friedkin's previous theatrical film without any effort to imbue it with an actual character journey that questions the opening assumptions about the use of federal power by do-anything to get the ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Ennio Morricone's music score is not specially composed for this film, rather it reuses tunes from Maestro Morricone's previous works, EG, the Main Title to MY NAME IS NOBODY (1974)