Eat and Run

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Eat and Run
Eat and Run FilmPoster.jpeg
Directed byChristopher Hart
Written byChristopher Hart
Stan Hart
Produced by Jack Briggs
Tom Field
Starring Ron Silver
R. L. Ryan
CinematographyDyanna Taylor
Edited byPamela Scott Arnold
Music byScott Harper
Distributed by New World Pictures
Release date
  • October 17, 1986 (1986-10-17)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Eat and Run is a 1986 American comedy science fiction horror film directed by Christopher Hart with the script by Christopher Hart and Stan Hart. The film starred Ron Silver, Sharon Schlarth and R. L. Ryan.

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Plot

A humanoid alien (R. L. Ryan) lands on Earth and soon discovers he likes to eat Italian people. Detective McSorely (Ron Silver), an incompetent police officer, is the only one who knows what's going on. The rest of the police force thinks McSorely has gone nuts, while the alien continues eating the Italian population of New York City.

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