Cat Ballou (1965)
- Starring:
- Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, (more)
- Director(s):
- Elliot Silverstein
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Category:
- Music & Performing Arts, Westerns
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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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 96 mins
Complete Cast:
- Jane Fonda - Cat Ballou
- Michael Callan - Clay Boone
- Nat "King" Cole - Shouter
- Tom Nardini - Jackson Two-Bears
- Reginald Denny - Sir Harry Percival
- Arthur Hunnicutt - Butch Cassidy
- Burt Mustin - Accuser
- Gail Bonney - Mabel Bentley
- Duke Hobbie - Homer
- Hallene Hill - Honey Girl
- Ayllene Gibbons - Hedda
- Nick Cravat - Ad-Lib
- Harry Harvey - Train Conductor
- Ted White - Gunslinger
- Lee Marvin - Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn
- Dwayne Hickman - Jed
- Stubby Kaye - Shouter
- John Marley - Frankie Ballou
- Jay C. Flippen - Sheriff Cardigan
- Bruce Cabot - Sheriff Maledon
- Paul Gilbert - Train messenger
- Chuck Roberson - Armed Guard
- Joe Hamilton - Frenchie
- Charles Wagenheim - James
- Robert Phillips - Klem
- Dorothy Claire - Singing Tart
- Carol Veazie - Mrs. Parker
- Charles Horvath - Hardcase
- Director(s):
- Elliot Silverstein
- Writer(s):
- Roy Chanslor, Walter Newman, Frank Pierson
- Producer(s):
- Harold Hecht
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Mild Violence, Western Violence, Suitable for Children, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Music & Performing Arts, Westerns
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- 1965 - Cat Ballou - Berlin International Film Festival - Special Mention
- 1965 - Cat Ballou - Berlin International Film Festival - Silver Bear for Best Actor
- 1965 - Cat Ballou - Berlin International Film Festival - Special Mention
- 1965 - Cat Ballou - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Foreign Actor
- 1965 - Cat Ballou - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1965 - Cat Ballou - National Board of Review - Best Actor
