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Cat Ballou (1965)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:19
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Fonda is agreeably peppery as a teacher in the Old West who wreaks vengeance on the men who murdered her father. Marvin enlists as a drunken old gunfighter trying to retain his old glory and also... Fonda is agreeably peppery as a teacher in the Old West who wreaks vengeance on the men who murdered her father. Marvin enlists as a drunken old gunfighter trying to retain his old glory and also portrays his twin brother, a rustler with a silver nose. A 60s-style genre spoof with enough action to keep it real. Marvin won an Academy Award for his two performances. [More]
Starring: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman
Starring: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat King Cole, Stubby Kaye, Tom Nardini, John Marley, Reginald Denny, Jay C. Flippen, Arthur Hunnicutt
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Screenwriter: Frank Pierson, Walter Newman
Producer: Harold Hecht
Composer: Frank de Vol
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Reviews for Cat Ballou
Though designed as a star vehicle for Jane Fonda, this first "official" spoof of the Western genre, catapulted Lee Marvin to major stardom, offering him two divergent roles (one played with a silver nose) for which he was rewarded with the 1965 Oscar.
Lee Marvin clearly steals the film in his double role as the good guy/bad guy hired gunman.
This is neither Fonda's finest role nor a very challenging one — it's a cleavage and one-liner affair — but it's fun and entertaining.
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