The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)

Director:

Richard C. Sarafian

Writers:

Marilyn Durham (novel), Eleanor Perry (screenplay),

Stars:

Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Burt Reynolds	...	Jay Grobart
Sarah Miles	...	Catherine Crocker
Lee J. Cobb	...	Lapchance
Jack Warden	...	Dawes
George Hamilton	...	Crocker
Bo Hopkins	...	Billy
Robert Donner	...	Dub
Sandy McPeak	...	Ben (as Sandy Kevin)
Larry Littlebird	...	Iron Knife
Nancy Malone	...	Sudie
Jay Silverheels	...	The Chief
Jay Varela	...	Charlie
Owen Bush	...	Conductor
Larry Finley	...	Bartender
Sutero García Jr.	...	Dream Speaker

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

shot in the back | abduction | animal in title | rape | posse | 

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 1973 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

A férfi, aki szerette a táncoló macskát

Filming Locations:

Bryce Canyon National Park, Bryce, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min 123 min (Turner library print)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sarah Miles was only cast in the lead role of Catherine Crocker just a short time before production started shooting.

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Quotes

The Chief: [Smoking a cigar as Jay and Catherine are visiting his tent] The cigar was one of the white man's "good" inventions.

User Reviews

Melodrama 'spoof'

It amazes me how many people see this movie as a B grade western! I found it to be an excellent adaptation of a decent western genre book that happened to have been written by a WOMAN. The casting could not have been more perfect in that each person played their character so well. And the characters were a 'spoof' at the cliché of melodrama types that most westerns portray anyway. This is a story about how people LIE to themselves and end up not only ruining their own lives, but harming those near them too. And how honesty comes hard and maybe late, but can come before one dies. The only flaw of the movie is that it didn't tell the full tale of Cat Dancing and the tragedy that befell her, Burt's character and their children's lives. On the other hand, I liked the movie ending better than the book's.