The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Richard C. Sarafian

Writers:

Marilyn Durham (novel)
Eleanor Perry (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 October 1973 (Sweden)

Genre:

Western

Plot Keywords:

Abduction | Train Robbery | Rape | Shot In The Back | Posse

Cast

Burt Reynolds	...	Jay
Sarah Miles	...	Catherine Crocker
Lee J. Cobb	...	Lapchance
Jack Warden	...	Dawes
George Hamilton	...	Crocker
Bo Hopkins	...	Billy
Robert Donner	...	Dub
Sandy Kevin	...	Ben
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

Runtime:

114 min | USA:123 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1989) (VHS) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1973) (theater release) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Bryce Canyon National Park, Bryce, Utah, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Steven Spielberg and Brian G. Hutton both declined offers to direct this movie.

Quotes:

Jay: Never try to bribe a man with something he can take anyway.

The new-fangled Old West, with anti-heroes, bloodshed, rape and robbery...

The kind of cynical '70s western that might have turned John Wayne's stomach: runaway wife Sarah Miles (as Cat, née Catherine) hitches a ride with a gang of scurrilous train robbers, and ends up falling in love with their leader. Overwrought picture gives Miles in particular an insulting role (she can't even mount a horse without falling off), and Jack Warden's scummy Dawes gets a bullet wound he'll never forget, but leading man Burt Reynolds slides right through this without ever leaving a trace he was here. Outdoor locations and colorful support from Lee J. Cobb gives mangy, depressing film a slight boost. *1/2 from ****