Rating: NR
Genre:
Western
Release Date: 08/08/2000
SubTitles: English/Espanol/Por/KO/TH
Dubbed: English
Sound: 1
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Western Violence
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
This musical spoof of Westerns featured
Lee Marvin in dual roles that won him a Best Actor Oscar.
Jane Fonda stars as the title character, a prim schoolmarm returning to her hometown of Wolf City, Wyoming, after receiving an Eastern education. On the train ride, Cat meets up with a pair of friendly, charming crooks, Clay Boone (
Michael Callan) and his uncle, Jed (
Dwayne Hickman), the former becoming hopelessly smitten with the naive but tough Cat. Upon arriving home, Cat discovers that her eccentric father, Frankie (
John Marley), is being threatened with bodily harm by a development company that desperately wants his land. When Frankie is murdered by ruthless, noseless killer Tim Strawn (
Marvin), Cat straps on a pair of six-shooters and persuades Clay, Jed, and her father's loyal Native American hand Jackson Two-Bears (
Tom Nardini) to sign on as her posse. In her quest for revenge, Cat also recruits Kid Shelleen (also played by
Marvin), a one-time fearsome gunslinger who's now a hopeless alcoholic.
Cat Ballou (1965) is interspersed throughout the narrative with appearances by
Stubby Kaye and
Nat King Cole as a pair of balladeers who comment on the action musically in Greek chorus style.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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A Wild 'n' Wholley Western Comedy.
Jane Fonda is in the title role of a beautiful schoolmarm- turned-outlaw after her father is killed by a vicious gunslinger with an artificial nose. Lee Marvin won the Best Actor Oscar for his dual role of an alcoholic gunfighter and his desperado twin brother. Nat "King" Cole and Stubby Kaye also appear in the movie as singing minstrels. Also starring Michael Callan, Tom Nardini, Dwayne Hickman, John Marley, Reginald Denny, Bruce Cabot, Arthur Hunnicutt, and Jay C. Flippen. Nat "King" Cole died on February 15, 1965.
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