C.A.T. Squad

C.A.T. Squad
GenreAction
Drama
Written byGerald Petievich
Directed byWilliam Friedkin
StarringJoseph Cortese
Jack Youngblood
Steve James
Music byEnnio Morricone
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerWilliam Friedkin
ProducersCynthia Chvatal
David Salven
Production locationsMontréal
Mexicali, Baja California Norte, Mexico
CinematographyRobert D. Yeoman
EditorsBud S. Smith
M. Scott Smith
Running time97 minutes
Production companyNBC Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJuly 27, 1986 (1986-07-27)
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C.A.T. Squad (also titled Stalking Danger) is a 1986 television film starring Joseph Cortese, Jack Youngblood, Steve James, Bradley Whitford, and Barry Corbin. It is directed by William Friedkin and written by Gerald Petievich, who had collaborated on To Live and Die in L.A. the previous year. The original score was composed by Ennio Morricone.

The film follows the titular squad, an elite black ops unit, investigating a terrorist plot to sabotage a NATO defense project. It aired on NBC on July 27, 1986. It was followed by a sequel, C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf, in 1988.