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The Cat That Hated People

  • 19481948
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The Cat That Hated People (1948)
FamilyAnimationComedy
A black cat explains reason after reason why he cannot stand people, and opts to relocate to the moon. When he does, he finds characters there that make him realize people aren't so bad anyw... Read allA black cat explains reason after reason why he cannot stand people, and opts to relocate to the moon. When he does, he finds characters there that make him realize people aren't so bad anyway.A black cat explains reason after reason why he cannot stand people, and opts to relocate to the moon. When he does, he finds characters there that make him realize people aren't so bad anyway.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
815
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
119,840
55,219
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    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writer
      • Heck Allen(story)
    • Stars
      • Paul Frees(voice)
      • Colleen Collins(uncredited)
      • Pinto Colvig(uncredited)
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    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writer
      • Heck Allen(story)
    • Stars
      • Paul Frees(voice)
      • Colleen Collins(uncredited)
      • Pinto Colvig(uncredited)
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    • 6User reviews
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    Paul Frees
    Paul Frees
    • Cat
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    Colleen Collins
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    Pinto Colvig
    Pinto Colvig
    • Laughing Lips
    • (uncredited)
    Pat McGeehan
    • Cat
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writer
      • Heck Allen(story)
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    • Trivia
      The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida shows this cartoon throughout the day in its film loop. The edited version includes the title card and the second half starting from the city sidewalk scene.
    • Goofs
      In the final scene, the cat claims to have returned to America, but in the shot immediately before that, he is shown descending to the Canadian province of Ontario.
    • Quotes

      Cat: People are no darn good. I hate people. Ya know who causes all the trouble in the world today? It's people! Yeah, people, people!

    • Connections
      Featured in Toon in with Me: Cap'n Bill '67 (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm Nobody's Baby
      (1921) (uncredited)

      Music by Benny Davis, Milton Ager & Lester Santley

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    7/10
    Wild and way-out animation...
    Cartoon feature director Tex Avery exalted in a violently slapstick style which still resonates with viewers today. Anvils are often falling from the sky, with animals getting the brunt of his mayhem, and this cult quickie from 1948 is no exception. A put-upon black-and-white cat (looking like a wrung-out version of Sylvester and talking like a grumpy Jimmy Durante) hopes to find solace from people after hijacking a rocket ship and landing on the moon, but finds the inhabitants there even worse. This may be one of Avery's most famous animated shorts, as it takes an old-fashioned visual style and couples it with surreal nonsense (like a runaway pair of lips being chased by a lipstick!). Extremely brief, like most of Avery's output for M-G-M, but very memorable.
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    • Release date
      • November 20, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Кіт, який ненавидів людей
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Runtime
      7 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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