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That Darn Cat! (1965)

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A woman is kidnapped. While in captivity, she manages to send a message out with a wandering cat. The cat's owner calls the FBI. The FBI tries to follow the cat. Jealous boyfriends and nosy... See full summary »

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Zeke Kelso
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Mrs. William MacDougall
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Mr. William MacDougall
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Supervisor Newton
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Margaret Miller
Tom Lowell ...
Canoe
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Iris Adrian ...
Mrs. Faber - Landlady
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Graham
Don Dorrell ...
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A woman is kidnapped. While in captivity, she manages to send a message out with a wandering cat. The cat's owner calls the FBI. The FBI tries to follow the cat. Jealous boyfriends and nosy neighbours also get in the act. Written by Rob Brown <robbrown@tibalt.supernet.ab.ca>

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They'll crack this case by a whisker. See more »

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Comedy | Thriller

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2 December 1965 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

A fránya macska  »

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(RCA Sound Recording)

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(Technicolor®)

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1.75 : 1
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Trivia

The movie was Hayley Mills' last for Walt Disney in the 1960s; the remake (That Darn Cat) was likewise Christina Ricci's last Disney role. See more »

Goofs

After D.C. jumps out of the window from being paw printed, Zeke applies the paper to his forehead. For one, the print on his forehead is crooked, but when you see it on the paper its perfectly straight. Also there was a second paw print right beside copied one, which should have left something of a mark on the paper. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Iggy: [as Iggy buys four different newspapers, Iggy sees DC smelling the salmon, he had just purchased] Hey, what do you say fella? Hey, you're taking my food, huh?
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Connections

Referenced in My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) See more »

Soundtracks

"That Darn Cat!"
Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Sung by Bobby Troup
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Slick, smoothly-done laugh-getter
23 February 2001 | by (las vegas, nv) – See all my reviews

Sleuthing in suburbia--Walt Disney style--after a small town teller is kidnapped by two bank robbers. Not only does this comedy feature the least-objectionable performance by Dean Jones EVER, it also has Hayley Mills and Dorothy Provine as a wonderfully kooky pair of sisters AND a fantastic feline hero. This Siamese cat is just gorgeous, and it's a lot of fun watching the bumbling humans trying to tail him down alleys and city streets. The bad guys of the piece are also letter-perfect: threatening but not overbearing, just enough menace to make the kidnapped woman's scary predicament that much more real. I also loved the next door neighbors (a wacky Elsa Lanchester and William Demarest), Hayley's surfer-boyfriend named Canoe, and befuddled Ed Wynn as a jewelry salesman. Simply put, a wonderful modern-day caper for parents and kids. Puts the remake with Christina Ricci to shame. ***1/2 from ****


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