That Darn Cat!
by Robert Stevenson
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Actor: Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Hayley Mills, Neville Brand, Roddy McDowallDirector: Robert Stevenson
Brand: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Cinematographer: Edward Colman
Producer: Bill Walsh
Writer: Bill Walsh
Producer: Ron Miller
Producer: Walt Disney
Writer: Gordon Gordon
Writer: Mildred Gordon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-03
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Product features:
- His name is "D.C." -- short for "Darn Cat" -- the sleekest sleuth ever to grace the silver screen! Hayley Mills stars as a young woman with an active imagination who contacts the FBI when D.C. suddenly sports a wristwatch around his neck. She's convinced it's the tip-off to crack a baffling bank robbery and kidnapping case. Dean Jones is the allergic federal agent who sniffs around for clu
Movie Reviews of That Darn Cat!
Movie Review: Fun Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
"That Darn Cat" was made at the time of many of Walt Disney's best movies. It fits right in with the fun ... the clean innocent fun ... movies he made during the 60s.
"That Darn Cat" is the story of DC (as in Darn Cat) ... a mischievious siamese cat ... that happens across a crime while making his normal nocturnal rounds. He then becomes the law enforcement people's only link to that crime, and they (the FBI) set up a surveillance and tracking operation (for the cat) in the hope that DC will lead them to the crooks' hide out. DC then proceeds to wreak havoc on everyone ... FBI agents, neighbors, sisters, boyfriends, and crooks ... no matter how remotely they are involved with the case. There are a lot of laughs and the ending is a happy one.
The cast of actors and actresses were very well chosen, and all do a good job. Hayley Mills gets star billing, and she delivers the goods (as the star is expected to do). Hayley is sort-of amazing in that she (in this movie anyway) is so casual and effective in her acting (with a camera operating a mere five feet from her nose). Here, she is the smart blonde and the dumb blonde at the same time. And she is very funny in "That Darn Cat" ... adorable and funny.
Hayley has help in making this movie work. Dean Jones is very good as the main FBI agent, Dorothy Provine is fun as Hayley's big sister, Tom Lowell is excellent as Hayley's clueless boyfriend (and he is buried deep in the credits ... as usual), Frank Gorshin, as one of the thugs, is entertaining just about every moment he is on screen, Roddy McDowall is good when his character is angry, and Iris Adrian is excellent as the landlady. Bobby Darin sings the theme song, and it is, like, perfect man.
The writing for "That Darn Cat" is pretty good ... both for the story and the dialogue ... and here are a few of the best lines:
"He's called DC. That means Darn Cat. Daddy named him, and he thought of something much worse, but mother refused to use that name." (Patti (Hayley Mills))
"Your sins have caught up with you. This is your FBI." (Patti talking to DC)
"Oh Gregory ... I look YUCK in yellow." (Ingrid (Dorothy Provine))
"We were in love ... l'amour tous jour ... you understand that." (Patti to the crooks)
"Mrs. Zeke Kelso. It sounds like something that got caught in the clothes dryer." (Ingrid)
"And you didn't think of your stomach, not once?" (Patti)
"You may wind up with one of ... maybe the son of ... that darn cat." (Bobby Darin in the theme song (written by the Sherman brothers))
But "That Darn Cat" is a simple fun movie and a simply fun movie. It is entertaining for children and adults alike.
Summary of That Darn Cat!
Features include:
?MPAA Rating: G
?Format: DVD
?Runtime: 112 minutes
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