L'Espion aux pattes de velours

Original title: That Darn Cat!

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Roddy McDowall, Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, and Syn Cat in L'Espion aux pattes de velours (1965)

After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.

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After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

8.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 nominations total

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Trivia
First Walt Disney Productions movie appearance by Dean Jones (F.B.I. Agent Zeke Kelso), who went on to star in numerous Disney projects throughout the 1970s.

Goofs
As clearly evidenced by the numerous scenes in which D.C. makes a rear-view retreat from the camera..."it" (D. C. them diabolically clever felines) keeps changing sexes.

Quotes
Wilbur MacDougall(Mr. MacDougall): Good night, old woman, I can't hear a word you're saying, but whatever it is, I disagree with you one hundred percent!

Crazy credits
The bull-dog that chased D. C., during the Opening Credits, after its neck gets trapped between fence boards the extremely angry bull-dog barks three times, once for each word of the movie title. After each bark, a word appears, [1st bark: THAT 2nd bark: DARN 3rd bark: CAT!] all in capital letters & an exclamation point, along with CAT, as CAT!.

Connections
Featured in S.V.P. Disney: Episode #1.3 (1966)

Soundtracks
That Darn Cat!
Sung by Bobby Darin
Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Played during both the opening title/credits and leading into "The End" card

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Featured review

8/10

Slick, smoothly-done laugh-getter

Sleuthing in suburbia--Disney style--after a small town teller is kidnapped by two bank robbers. Not only does this comedy feature the least-objectionable performance by Dean Jones ever, it also has Hayley Mills and Dorothy Provine as a wonderfully kooky pair of sisters and a fantastic feline hero. This Siamese cat is just gorgeous, and it's a lot of fun watching the bumbling humans trying to tail him down alleys and city streets. The bad guys of the piece (Neville Brand and Frank Gorshin) are also perfect, threatening but not overbearing, with just enough menace to make the kidnapped woman's predicament a little scary. I also loved the wacky next-door neighbors (Elsa Lanchester and William Demarest), Hayley's surfer-boyfriend named Canoe (Tom Lowell), and befuddled Ed Wynn as a jewelry salesman. Simply put, a wonderful modern-day caper for parents and kids which puts the remake with Christina Ricci to shame. ***1/2 from ****