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The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing ()

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Western story about a defiant wife who leaves her husband to take up riding with outlaws.
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Jay Grobart
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Catherine Crocker
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Harvey Lapchance
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Dawes
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Willard Crocker
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Billy Bowen
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Dub
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Ben (as Sandy Kevin)
Larry Littlebird ...
Iron Knife
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Sudie
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The Chief
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Charlie Bent
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Conductor
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Bartender
Sutero García Jr. ...
Dream Speaker
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Jimmy (uncredited)

Directed by

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Richard C. Sarafian

Written by

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Marilyn Durham ... (novel)
 
Eleanor Perry ... (screenplay)
 
William W. Norton ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Eleanor Perry ... producer
Martin Poll ... producer
T.W. Sewell ... associate producer

Music by

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John Williams

Cinematography by

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Harry Stradling Jr. ... director of photography

Editing by

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Tom Rolf

Editorial Department

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Michael J. Sheridan ... assistant editor

Art Direction by

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Edward C. Carfagno

Set Decoration by

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Ralph S. Hurst

Costume Design by

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Frank L. Thompson ... (as Frank Thompson)

Makeup Department

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Tom Ellingwood ... makeup artist
Marlene Kolstad ... hair stylist (as Marlene D. Kolstad)

Production Management

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Phil Rawlins ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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David Hamburger ... second assistant director
Les Sheldon ... assistant director

Art Department

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Phil A. Ankrom ... property master
John Barton ... leadman (uncredited)
Mentor Huebner ... production illustrator (uncredited)
Frank Wesselhoff ... painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Bob Sheridan ... boom operator
Harry W. Tetrick ... sound
Charles M. Wilborn ... sound

Stunts

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Steve 'Bunker' de France ... stunts (uncredited)
Louie Elias ... stunt double Jack Warden (uncredited)
Alan Gibbs ... stunt double: Burt Reynolds (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Joe Massengale ... stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Charlie Picerni ... stunts (uncredited)
Neil Summers ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Owen Marsh ... camera operator (uncredited)
Richard Craig Meinardus ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
Alfred Taylor ... additional photographer (uncredited)
Ronald Vidor ... first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Frank Kennedy ... extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Linda Burza ... seamstress
Norman A. Burza ... costume supervisor

Music Department

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William Saracino ... music editor
Israel Baker ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Harry Bluestone ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Larry Bunker ... musician: drums (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
James Decker ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Chuck Domanico ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Bonnie Jean Douglas ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Dominick Fera ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Ralph Grierson ... musician: keyboards (uncredited) / musician: piano (uncredited)
Alan Harshman ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Alton Hendrickson ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
The Hollywood Studio Symphony ... music performed by (uncredited)
Harry Klee ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Jacob Krachmalnick ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Raphael Kramer ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Ronald Langinger ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Abe Luboff ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Alfred Lustgarten ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Edgar Lustgarten ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Arthur Maebe ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Lincoln Mayorga ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan ... musician: harmonica (uncredited)
Ted Nash ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Irma Neumann ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Joe Porcaro ... musician: drums (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Allan Reuss ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Gale Robinson ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Aaron Rochin ... music engineer (uncredited)
Meyer Rubin ... orchestra manager (uncredited)
David Schwartz ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Frederick Seykora ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Ray Sherman ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Paul Shure ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Henry Sigismonti ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Ann Stockton ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Tommy Tedesco ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Gerald Vinci ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Jerry Williams ... musician: drums (uncredited)
John Williams ... conductor (uncredited)

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Hal Needham ... action sequence coordinator
Joyce Selznick ... talent consultant
Regina Gruss ... unit publicist (uncredited)
Lee Lazarow ... production assistant (uncredited)
Burke Mattsson ... title designer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

It's the frontier of the American west. Shortly after being released from prison where he was serving a sentence for murder, Jay Grobart leads a band of three other men - Dawes, Billy Bowen and an Indian named Charlie Bent - in robbing a train of its Wells Fargo cargo of $100,000. In their escape from the scene, they are forced out of circumstance to take along a young woman, against her will, she who is traveling by herself on horseback. She is Mrs. Willard Crocker - Catherine - who they can tell is wealthy. Although they do not let her go, she vows that she will not tell the authorities about them as she, like them, is running away. As Jay, the leader, embarks on his next mission - to fulfill the reason he stole the money - he has the problems of managing the three men, Dawes and Billy in particular who are solely out for their own selfish wants which now includes their carnal wants with Catherine, and making sure Catherine does not escape. But as they spend more time together and learn more about what is under the surface, Jay and Catherine start to fall for each other. In addition to carrying out Jay's mission, they thus want to figure out a way to be together in light of their present circumstances. Meanwhile, Harvey Lapchance, the investigator for Wells Fargo, has a posse of men on their trail. That posse includes Willard Crocker, a mining executive. Lapchance allows Crocker to come along despite he having the feeling that he is not solely looking out for his wife's best interest. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Two women loved him. One died for him. One killed for him. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le fantôme de Cat Dancing (France)
  • El hombre que amó a Cat Dancing (Spain)
  • Cuando los hombres matan (Argentina)
  • Der Mann, der die Katzen tanzen ließ (West Germany)
  • Muž, který miloval Kočičí tanec (Czechia)
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  • 114 min
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Trivia Sarah Miles' found her business manager/boyfriend David Whiting dead in her Gila Bend, AZ, motel room during the film's location shooting. The death made headlines around the world. "Time Magazine" on 26 March 1973 reported, "Pills and bottles were scattered around his body, and bruises and a bloody cut were found on his head". The night prior to the discovery of his body Whiting had allegedly assaulted Miles after she had come back late at night from a birthday party for Burt Reynolds. Reynolds let Miles stay in his room for protection. She testified that Whiting had "got ahold of me and began throwing me about the room". Reynolds, when he saw Miles after her nanny, who had overheard the confrontation, had called him, was quoted as saying, "Christ Almighty, you're a mess!" Miles' injuries allegedly included a bloody nose, a bruised forehead and a cut lip. The official cause of Whiting's death as ruled by the coroner/county medical examiner was suicide by overdose of the drugs Methaqualone, Benadryl and a Librium-type drug. Reportedly, Miles and Reynolds did not wish to testify at the inquest one month after the incident but were forced to when Whiting's mother, Mrs. Louise Campbell, successfully obtained a court order compelling them to testify. According to the "Time" article, " . . . a pharmacologist hired by Whiting's mother said that the amount of methaqualone in Whiting's bloodstream need not have been fatal. Left unexplained was how Whiting's blood came to be on a pillowcase, towel, tissues and the washbasin in his own room, as well as on a blue sweater he had apparently been wearing. Also unaccounted for were the severe cut on the back of his head and scratches on his stomach, chest and knuckles." It was later revealed that Miles and Whiting had been having an affair, and this, together with the resulting publicity, contributed to the disintegration of her marriage to Robert Bolt. See more »
Goofs During the opening credits Catherine is riding "side saddle" but her legs are both on the right side of the horse, which is the "wrong" side for an English ladies' saddle. The film is flopped in this shot as later she has her legs on the proper side. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in 11th Anniversary Show (1973). See more »
Quotes Jay: Never try to bribe a man with something he can take anyway.
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