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Paukkurauta-Kati

Original title: Cat Ballou
  • 19651965
  • K-8K-8
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
15K
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Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Nat 'King' Cole, Dwayne Hickman, Stubby Kaye, and Tom Nardini in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
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ComedyRomanceWestern

A young schoolteacher turns into an outlaw to avenge her murdered father.A young schoolteacher turns into an outlaw to avenge her murdered father.A young schoolteacher turns into an outlaw to avenge her murdered father.

IMDb RATING
6.8/10
15K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Elliot Silverstein
  • Writers
    • Walter Newman(screenplay)
    • Frank Pierson(screenplay)
    • Roy Chanslor(based on a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Jane Fonda
    • Lee Marvin
    • Michael Callan
  • Director
    • Elliot Silverstein
  • Writers
    • Walter Newman(screenplay)
    • Frank Pierson(screenplay)
    • Roy Chanslor(based on a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Jane Fonda
    • Lee Marvin
    • Michael Callan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 111User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Lee Marvin and Tom Nardini in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Lee Marvin in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Jane Fonda in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, and Tom Nardini in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Lee Marvin and Tom Nardini in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Jane Fonda and Michael Callan in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, and Michael Callan in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Jane Fonda in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Jane Fonda and Michael Callan in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Jane Fonda and Michael Callan in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Jane Fonda and Reginald Denny in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)
    Jane Fonda in Paukkurauta-Kati (1965)

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    Jane Fonda
    Jane Fonda
    • Cat Ballou
    Lee Marvin
    Lee Marvin
    • Kid Shelleen…
    Michael Callan
    Michael Callan
    • Clay Boone
    Dwayne Hickman
    Dwayne Hickman
    • Jed
    Nat 'King' Cole
    Nat 'King' Cole
    • Shouter
    • (as Nat King Cole)
    Stubby Kaye
    Stubby Kaye
    • Shouter
    Tom Nardini
    Tom Nardini
    • Jackson Two-Bears
    John Marley
    John Marley
    • Frankie Ballou
    Reginald Denny
    Reginald Denny
    • Sir Harry Percival
    Jay C. Flippen
    Jay C. Flippen
    • Sheriff Ed Cardigan
    Arthur Hunnicutt
    Arthur Hunnicutt
    • Butch Cassidy
    Bruce Cabot
    Bruce Cabot
    • Sheriff Maledon
    Burt Mustin
    Burt Mustin
    • Accuser
    Paul Gilbert
    Paul Gilbert
    • Train Messenger
    Oscar Blank
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Herman Boden
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Gail Bonney
    Gail Bonney
    • Mabel Bentley
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmie Booth
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Elliot Silverstein
    • Writers
      • Walter Newman(screenplay)
      • Frank Pierson(screenplay)
      • Roy Chanslor(based on a novel by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Nat 'King' Cole had a nightly singing engagement at a Lake Tahoe nightclub. He would commute daily between Lake Tahoe and the set in order to do both. Everyone noticed that Cole was coughing a great deal whenever he was on the set and losing weight, but most figured he was just running himself down with such a gruelling schedule. Unbeknownst to them and to Cole himself, he was already very sick with lung cancer.
    • Goofs
      During the harvest festival/fight scene, two cowboys are fighting and fall into the food table, knocking it over. What appears to be roast chicken is obviously fake, as it falls off the table and bounces several times, indicating it is light and likely hollow.
    • Quotes

      Jackson Two-Bears: Kid, Kid, what a time to fall off the wagon. Look at your eyes.

      Kid Shelleen: What's wrong with my eyes?

      Jackson Two-Bears: Well they're red, bloodshot.

      Kid Shelleen: You ought to see 'em from my side.

    • Crazy credits
      The Torch Lady in the Columbia Pictures logo changes her gown to Cat Ballou's cowboy outfit and fires her guns several times.
    • Connections
      Edited into Clockwork Orange - Kellopeliappelsiini (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      The Ballad of Cat Ballou
      (uncredited)

      Written by Mack David and Jerry Livingston

      Performed by Stubby Kaye & Nat 'King' Cole

    User reviews111

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    Featured review
    It's About Legend vs. Reality!
    This is about the "legend" of western figures, vs. the reality.

    (Remember "Unforgiven", and the way the gunfighter has a dime

    novelist following him around?"

    The two "shouters", Stubby Kaye and Nat "King" Cole, make it very

    clear that the legend of Cat Ballou is NOT the truth: she is not, for

    example, as the ballad has it, "evil through and through".

    This commentary is given a meta-fictional air by the fact the Lee

    Marvin (who won the Oscar for the same reason that Bogart won

    for "African Queen": he played against type) is cast to play both an

    ultra Lee Marvin (Strawn) and an anti-Lee Marvin (Shelleen).

    A very clever charming film, and also way ahead of its

    dramaturgical time.
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    • juvenalxx
    • Sep 14, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 20, 1965 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cat Ballou skjuter skarpt
    • Filming locations
      • Buckskin Joe Frontier Town & Railway - 1193 Fremont County Road 3A, Canon City, Colorado, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Harold Hecht Corporation
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $20,666,667
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1
      • 1.85 : 1

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