Get Shorty is a 1995 American gangster comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Scott Frank. It is based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name and stars John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, and Danny DeVito. Get Shorty follows Chili Palmer (Travolta), a Miami mobster and loan shark who inadvertently gets involved in feature film production after traveling to Los Angeles to collect a casino debt from "B" movie director Harry Zimm (Hackman).
Get Shorty was followed by a sequel, Be Cool, in 2005, and in 2017 inspired a television series of the same name.