That Darn Cat!
That Darn Cat! is a
1965 Walt Disney feature film, directed by
Robert Stevenson, and starring the young
Hayley Mills. The title song was written by The
Sherman Brothers, and sung by
Bobby Darin.
It was based on a book called
Undercover Cat, by
Gordon and
Mildred Gordon. A
comedy, it also starred
Roddy McDowall,
Frank Gorshin and
Dean Jones.
A mischievous cat, whose collar is evidence of a woman's kidnapping, is used by the FBI to track down a pair of bank robbers/kidnappers. Ironically, the agent they send is allergic to cats.
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Hayley Mills, as she appeared in That Darn Cat!. |
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Hayley Mills : Patricia 'Patti' Randall
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Dean Jones : Zeke Kelso
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Dorothy Provine : Ingrid Randall
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Roddy McDowall : Gregory Benson
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Neville Brand : Dan
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Elsa Lanchester : Mrs. MacDougall
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William Demarest : Mr. MacDougall
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Frank Gorshin : Iggy
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Tom Lowell : Canoe
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Ed Wynn : Mr. Hofstedder
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Richard Deacon : Drive-In Theatre Manager
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Grayson Hall : Kidnapped Bank Employee, Miss Margaret Miller
* The film was remade in
1998, starring
Christina Ricci and
Doug E. Doug, but it was not at all well-recieved.
* This was Hayley Mill's last role for the studio after six years, beginning with
Pollyanna. In a coincidence, Christina Ricci's last role for Disney was in the remake from 1998 (see above).
* The film's writers, Mildred Gordon, Gordon Gordon, and Bill Walsh were nominated by the
Writers Guild of America for Best Written American Comedy.
