Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.2|5.0
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Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
A
seasoned wealthy woman Madame (voice of Hermione Baddeley) wills her fortune to
Duchess (voice of Eva Gabor) and Duchess’s two boys, Berlioz (voice of Dean
Clark) and Toulouse the Orange Kitten (voice Gary Dubin), and daughter Marie
(voice of Liz English). After they have lived their lives, the fortune will go
to Edgar the Butler (voice of Roddy Maude-Roxby). Madame calls her elderly lawyer,
Georges Hautcourt (voice of Charles Lane), to make the will; but, her
mischievous butler overhears her, becomes greedy, and attempts to dispose of
the cats in a wicker basket. An old watch dog, Napoleon (voice of Pat Butrum),
and his dim-witted friend Lafayette (George Lindsey) fight the butler because
he crossed their territory. The butler loses the basket next to the local
bridge that spans a small river and runs for his life. The pampered cats are left
to fend for themselves and the story is on.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Wolfgang Reitherman for his directing
efforts. Thank you to Executive Producers Wolfgang Reitherman and Winston
Hibler for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: O’Malley
(voice of Phil Harris), Duchess (voice of Eva Gabor), Roquefort (voice of
Sterling Holloway), Scat Cat (voice of Scatman Crothers), Shun Gon-Chinese Cat
(voice of Paul Winchell), Hit Cat-English Cat (Lord Tim Hudson), Peppo-Italian
Cat (voice of Vito Scotti), Billy Bass-Russian Cat (voice of Thurl
Ravenscroft), and Berlioz (voice of Dean Clark).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
It’s imagination and comedy in that superbly perfect mixture that begs for a
ticket purchase.
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