That Darn Cat! (1965)

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Writers:

Gordon Gordon (screenplay) &
Mildred Gordon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

2 December 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

It takes a Siamese secret agent to unravel the PURR-fect crime!

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Cat | FBI | Wristwatch | Bank Robbery | Kidnapping

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Hayley Mills	...	Patti Randall
Dean Jones	...	Zeke Kelso
Dorothy Provine	...	Ingrid Randall
Roddy McDowall	...	Gregory Benson
Neville Brand	...	Dan
Elsa Lanchester	...	Mrs. William MacDougall
William Demarest	...	Mr. William MacDougall
Frank Gorshin	...	Iggy
Richard Eastham	...	Supervisor Newton
Grayson Hall	...	Margaret Miller
Tom Lowell	...	Canoe
Richard Deacon	...	Drive-in-Mgr.
Iris Adrian	...	Mrs. Faber - Landlady
Liam Sullivan	...	Graham
Don Dorrell	...	Spires
Gene Blakely	...	Cahill
Karl Held	...	Kelly
Ed Wynn	...	Mr. Hofstedder
D.C.	...	Siamese Cat
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Larry J. Blake	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
John Cliff	...	FBI Agent Hart (uncredited)
Ben Lessy	...	Drive-In Concessionaire (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Stevenson

Writing credits
Gordon Gordon		(screenplay) (as The Gordons) &
Mildred Gordon		(screenplay) (as The Gordons) and
Bill Walsh		(screenplay)
Gordon Gordon		(book "Undercover Cat") (as The Gordons) &
Mildred Gordon		(book "Undercover Cat") (as The Gordons)

Produced by
Ron Miller	....	co-producer
Bill Walsh	....	co-producer
Walt Disney	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Robert F. Brunner		(as Bob Brunner)

Cinematography by
Edward Colman		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Cotton Warburton

Art Direction by
Carroll Clark
William H. Tuntke

Set Decoration by
Hal Gausman
Emile Kuri

Costume Design by
Bill Thomas

Makeup Department
La Rue Matheron	....	makeup artist
Pat McNalley	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph L. McEveety	....	assistant director
Arthur J. Vitarelli	....	second unit director

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound supervisor
Dean Thomas	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Eustace Lycett	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Jim Fetherolf	....	matte artist

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gertrude Casey	....	costumer
Chuck Keehne	....	costumer

Music Department
Evelyn Kennedy	....	music editor
Franklyn Marks	....	orchestration

Other crew
Walt Disney	....	presenter
William R. Koehler	....	animal supervisor

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions (as A Walt Disney Production)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Distribution Company (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1967) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (1967) (West Germany) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Walt Disney Productions (1966) (France) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (1986) (Greece) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Distribution Company (????) (USA) (TV)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1976) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Walt Disney Home Video (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor®)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Canada:F (Ontario) | Finland:S | West Germany:12 | UK:U | Australia:G | USA:Approved (certificate #20977) (original rating) | Canada:G (video rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1972) | UK:U (video rating) (1988)

Filming Locations:

Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Bobby Troup said/sang "that darn cat" 8 times. Patti, said "Darn Cat" as she met Zeke Kelso, once. And Iggy said "that darn cat", as he was being arrested. 'Darn Cat' was said 10 times and Bobbt Darin sang 'darn' along once on opening song. 11 darn was said or sang times, total & darn cat was said or sang 10 times total.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: 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.

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?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Futurama: Rebirth (#6.1)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

That Darn Cat!

Remembered as a fun caper flick...

Saw this about '74 or so, it was great. Loved the garage door gags, the cats, Elsa and William, the two gals are fine, Hayley Mills especially. Dean Jones had to have been in about 100 Disney things back then, this was def. one of his better roles.

You also have to like what they did w/ the baddies, Neville Brand and The Riddler. They work well together and do a fine job w. the mix of comedy and real malice towards their captive.

The cat was a funny part, i remember them trying to 'paw print' him and them winding up plastering poor Dean Jones head to foot w/ the cat's inky paw prints.

Say what you will, Disney doesn't make things like this anymore and that is our loss.

*** outta **** it's fun.