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7.3/10   226 votes
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Director:
Hawley Pratt
Writer:
Dr. Seuss (teleplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 March 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Short | Family more
Plot:
Two children left home alone for a short while one afternoon are visited by a very interesting yet troublesome cat wearing a tall striped hat... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Very nice second half more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Allan Sherman ... The Cat in the Hat (voice)

Daws Butler ... Mr. Krinklebein the Fish (voice) (as Dawes Butler)
Pamelyn Ferdin ... Sally (voice)
Tony Frazier ... Boy (voice)
Gloria Camacho ... Mother (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft ... Thing 1 (voice)
Lewis Morford ... Thing 2 (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:30 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:TV-G | Australia:G

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Cat in the Hat: Somebody stole my moss-covered, three-handled family gredunza! Nobody's gonna leave this room until I find it! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Kids for Character (1996) (V) more
Soundtrack:
The Gradunza more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Very nice second half, 2 January 2004
7/10
Author: rbverhoef (rbverhoef@hotmail.com) from The Hague, Netherlands

Dr. Seuss and his stories are not very familiar here in Holland and although the Jim Carrey version of 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' was a pretty big hit it hasn't changed that very much. Still, I saw this animated version of 'The Cat in the Hat' and let me start by saying that it is so much better and funnier than the Mike Myers version.

When the mother (voice by Gloria Camacho) of a girl (voice by Pamelyn Ferdin) and a boy (voice by Tony Frazier) leaves on a rainy evening the kids are very bored. A cat in a hat (voice by Allan Sherman) enters the house to cheer them up. The fish (voice by Daws Butler) is not very fond of that because they are making a huge mess. Everything must be clean before mother comes home.

The first half with the arrival of the cat is not that great. It has some nice songs though. The second half, especially the part where the cat explains how he is called in other countries, is great and very funny. I understand why stories like this are very popular. Kids just have to like it and for adults it must be a nice memory from their childhood.

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