Cat Ballou (1965)
Cat Ballou (1965)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jane Fonda
Cat Ballou
Lee Marvin
Kid Shelleen
Michael Callan
Clay Boone
Dwayne Hickman
Jed
Nat King Cole
Shouter
Stubby Kaye
Shouter
Tom Nardini
Jackson Two-Bears
John Marley
Frankie Ballou
Reginald Denny
Sir Harry Percival
Arthur Hunnicutt
Butch Cassidy
Bruce Cabot
Sheriff Maledon
Jay C. Flippen
Sheriff Ed Cardigan
Burt Mustin
Accuser
Elliot Silverstein
Director
Walter Newman
Writer
Paul Gilbert
Train Messenger
Frank Pierson
Writer
Chuck Roberson
Armed Guard (uncredited)
Roy Chanslor
Writer
Art Felix
Townsman (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Townsman with Hairpiece (uncredited)
Harold Hecht
Producer
Frank De Vol
Composer
Robert Phillips
Klem (uncredited)
Jack A. Marta
Cinematographer
Fred Rapport
Townsman (uncredited)
Charles Nelson
Editor
Charles Horvath
Hardcase (uncredited) / Stunts
John Hudkins
Brawler (uncredited)
George Ford
Brothel Customer (uncredited)
Herman Hack
Townsman (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Deputy at Hanging (uncredited)
Elizabeth Harrower
Townswoman (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
Choreographer
Mack David
Songs
Jerry Livingston
Songs
Mitch Lindemann
Associate Producer
Malcolm Brown
Art Direction
Richard Mansfield
Set Decoration
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor
Virginia Jones
Hairstylist
Yakima Canutt
Second Unit Director / Stunt Coordinator
Lee Lukather
Assistant Director
Ray Gosnell Jr.
Assistant Director
Charles J. Rice
Sound Supervisor
Earl Snyder
Sound
Floyd Baze
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 24, 1965
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$20,666,667
Genres
Wiki.
Cat Ballou is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and later to avenge his murder, only to find that the gunman is not what she expected. The supporting cast features Tom Nardini, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, and Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye, who together perform the film's theme song, and who appear throughout the film in the form of travelling minstrels or troubadours as a kind of musical Greek chorus and framing device.
The film was directed by Elliot Silverstein from a screenplay by Walter Newman and Frank Pierson adapted from the 1956 novel The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor, who also wrote the novel filmed as Johnny Guitar. Chanslor's novel was a serious Western, and though it was turned into a comedy for the film, the filmmakers retained some darker elements. The film references many classic Western films, notably Shane. The film was selected by the American Film Institute as the 10th greatest Western of all time in its AFI's 10 Top 10 list in 2008.