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| Year: | 1965 |
| Rating: | 6.3(2036) |
| Listed in: | Family, Comedy, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Robert Stevenson |
| Actors: | Dean Jones Roddy McDowall Neville Brand Hayley Mills Dorothy Provine Elsa Lanchester |
| "It takes a Siamese secret agent to unravel the PURR-fect crime!" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Robert Stevenson | |
| Actors | |
| Dean Jones | as Zeke Kelso |
| Roddy McDowall | as Gregory Benson |
| Neville Brand | as Dan |
| William Demarest | as Mr. MacDougall |
| Frank Gorshin | as Iggy |
| Richard Eastham | as Supervisor Newton |
| Tom Lowell | as Canoe |
| Richard Deacon | as Drive-in-Mgr. |
| Liam Sullivan | as Graham |
| Don Dorrell | as Spires |
| Gene Blakely | as Cahill |
| Karl Held | as Kelly |
| Ed Wynn | as Mr. Hofstedder |
| Larry J. Blake | as Police Officer |
| D.C. | as Siamese Cat |
| Actresses | |
| Hayley Mills | as Patti Randall |
| Dorothy Provine | as Ingrid Randall |
| Elsa Lanchester | as Mrs. MacDougall |
| Grayson Hall | as Margaret Miller |
| Iris Adrian | as Landlady |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Plot: | A young woman with an active imagination contacts the FBI when her cat DC (Darn Cat) comes home wearing a wristwatch. She's convinced its the tip-off to crack a bank robbery and kidnapping case that has the authorities baffled. An allergic agent is assigned to "tail" the cat to find the hostage, and laugh (and romance) follows. |
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Original Soundtracks
| "That Darn Cat!" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sung by Bobby Darin (uncredited) |
Goofs
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Revealing mistakes: After Agent Kelso gets DC the Cat's paw prints, DC should still have ink on his feet. However, he doesn't leave any paw prints on the laundry hamper he steps on before he jumps out the window. Revealing mistakes: In the beginning of the film, after the cat pulls down Gregory's duck from the string, you can see the fishing line that was used to pull down the duck. Crew: At the drive-in when D.C is playing with the butterfly, for a brief moment you can see the wire holding it from above. Revealing mistakes: After D.C. jumps out of the window from being paw printed, Zeke applies the paper to his forehead. For one, the print on his forehead is crooked, but when you see it on the paper its perfectly straight. Also there was a second paw print right beside copied one, which should have left something of a mark on the paper. CHAR: As clearly evidenced by the numerous scenes in which D.C. makes a rear-view retreat from the camera..."he" keeps switching sexes! |
Quotes
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Ingrid Randall: The FBI has gotten along beautifully all these years without using my room as a piece of operation. Now I want Tom Swift, or whoever that is, and his electric scoreboard, or whatever that thing is, out of my room before this afternoon, or I'm ginna become very difficult. Do I make myself clear? Ingrid Randall: Be careful Gregory, be extremely careful about what you say! I haven't had my coffee yet, and I'm in no mood for stupid, irresponsible remarks. Gregory Benson: Oh. Patti Randall: Now, just a minute, Gregory, D.C.'s a cat! He can't help his instincts. He's a hunter, just like you are. Only he's not stupid enough to stand out in the pouring rain all day! Landlady: Hold it! Who do you think you're kidding? Iggy: What do you mean? Landlady: You think I don't know what's going on upstairs? Iggy: You do? Landlady: I didn't come in from Stupidsville on last night's bus! You've got a woman in that apartment. Iggy: Wow, hold it! What kind of talk is that? Landlady: Don't double-talk me! I've got ears, haven't I? Iggy: It's Dan's mother, you see she came down all un-expected like. Landlady: I don't care if it's Pocahontas! 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! Gregory Benson: [Patti answers the door to him, when making an intrusive knock] Okay, where's the duck? Patti Randall: I beg your pardon? Gregory Benson: [Gregory Benson then shouted extremely loud saying] I want my duck! Patti Randall: Your duck? Gregory Benson: If you please... Patti Randall: I'm sorry, Gregory, but I really don't know what you are talking about. Gregory Benson: Ooh! Where is that sneaky, miserable guttersnipe! He's got my duck! Patti Randall: What duck? Ingrid Randall: Say! Patti Randall: Shush! Ingrid Randall: What do you mean shush? This is my room! Zeke Kelso: Patti! I'm gonna have to ask you to quiet down, and that goes for you too! Why, hello there. Ingrid Randall: Who are you! How do you get off telling me to be quiet in my own room! [Zeke Kelso then pulled out his FBI badge, to show to show it to Ingrid Marshall] Ingrid Randall: What's this thing supposed to be, I don't know anything about that stuff. Zeke Kelso: You mean you want me to tail the cat as if he's a person? Supervisor, Mr. Newton: Unless it would be easier to tail him as a cat. Patti Randall: Canoe, this is just a wild idea, but has it occurred to you that there might be more to life than just surfing and eating? Canoe Henderson: Like what? Patti Randall: Forget it, I just realized I was talking to myself. Zeke Kelso: Miss Randall, I'm afraid you underestimate me. We shall proceed with the pawprinting. Ingrid Randall: You know, that fellow has the most attractive way of putting his foot in his mouth. Patti Randall: Couldn't we just once see a nice quiet movie where boy meets girl, they have problems which aren't too weird, they fall in love and live happily ever after? Canoe Henderson: Now, why would you wanna see a lot of unhealthy stuff like that? Patti Randall: I don't know. Maybe just for once, I'd like to go to a movie where I don't get seasick. Canoe Henderson: All right, I'll make you a deal. Well, you go with me to the drive-in Thursday night, and next week I'll take you to one of those happily-ever-after clambakes. Deal? Patti Randall: I guess. Canoe Henderson: Where's the 'thing' playing? Patti Randall: Oh, who knows, maybe they don't even make movies like that anymore. Canoe Henderson: Well sure, and you want to know why? Because people don't wanna be depressed by all that slop. Margaret Miller: I wouldn't make a break. I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't. [she then holds her hands together, for mercy] Dan: Okay. But I've got friends. I've got ten little lead-nosed friends in here, and they all run faster than you do, Moms. Patti Randall: Watch the crumbs, will you fellas? Canoe Henderson: [Canoe then immitated Patti, to DC] Pass the word, watch the crumbs. [Canoe then sweept the crumbs under the couch, and wiped his hands off, on the Randall's drapes] Ingrid Randall: Can you imagine his wife? Mrs. Zeke Kelso... sounds like something that got caught in a clothes dryer. Patti Randall: Gadzooks, you're bleeding! Zeke Kelso: Oh, it's nothing, probably just an artery. Zeke Kelso: Do you have any regulars, or people going in and out of the house all the time? Patti Randall: Father always complained that we were running a rehab center for punch-drunk juveniles. Wilbur MacDougall: Come on, back in the house, snoopy. Canoe Henderson: Oh, I don't know what's gotten into me, I'm all churned up inside! Patti Randall: I'll tell you what. Why don't you go over to the snack-stand and get yourself a nice pizza. to settle your stomach. Canoe Henderson: [whining tone] I don't feel like a pizza! Patti Randall: Well, for Pete's sake, will you stop grumbling and watch the movie? Canoe Henderson: [finally losing it] Oh, all these surfing pictures look alike! Dan: [to Margaret Miller] Well, don't just stand there flappin' your ears, Mom. Make with the cooking. Canoe Henderson: [at Patti's front door, he suddenly hears a loud shriek of a man] What was that? Patti Randall: What was what? Canoe Henderson: That blood-curdling scream. Patti Randall: Canoe, will you just go? Canoe Henderson: Oh, I'm terribly sorry, I didn't realize I was butting in on a murder. Patti Randall: [Canoe was knocking on Patti's front door, while Zeke was being pawprinting DC] Oh, Canoe! Zeke Kelso: [Zeke Kelso then thought Patti asked Can you?] Can I what? Patti Randall: [Patti just noticed Margaret Miller's wristwatch, around DC's neck] D.C.'s wearing a wristwatch. Ingrid Randall: Well, well what's the matter? Ingrid Randall: What will that sweet innocent cat be bring home next? The Hope Diamond, I imagine. [after turning fan on to clear smoke away the money flies out of suitcase] Dan: [upset, after turning fan off] What goes on in that pea brain of yours? Iggy: [weak smile] I forgot about the loot! Forgot. Forgot. Patti Randall: [Inkie is Patti's nickname to Ingrid] Have a nice day, at the office, Inkie. Ingrid Randall: Patti, you've got that terrible "butter-won't-melt-in-your-mouth" expression. I know what's going on, in your tiny little mind and I absolutely forbid it. Zeke Kelso: [just after walking into drive-in] I bet you've got a lot of mice, in here. Drive-in Manager: Sir, a mouse is no more permitted in here, than a man without a car. Zeke Kelso: So, this is the [sneeze] "informant", as we say down at the office. [last lines] Kipp MacDougall(Mrs. MacDougall): [to the policemen that just brought her home] You might as well wait for me. I'm going into the house to murder someone. Kipp MacDougall(Mrs. MacDougall): Oh, Wilbur, don't try to hide. Come out and take your medicine like a man. Wilbur! Dan: 40,000 pads in this town and you gotta to pick one over a human radar set! Not only that, shes got a sister visiting who don't sleep good 'cause she's the head roach at the state birdhouse! [raises voice] Nice? Iggy: Hey, it was a quarter million, wasn't it? Margaret Miller: [Margaret Miller, gagged, shook her head, no] Iggy: Two hundred grand? Margaret Miller: [Margaret Miller, gagged, shook her head, no again] Iggy: Not one lousy hundred and sixty? Margaret Miller: [Margaret Miller, gagged, nodded her head, yes this time] Iggy: [to Margaret Miller] Make mine well. I can't stand the sight of blood. Dan: [to Margaret Miller] Some desperate character I got for a partner, huh Mom? Patti Randall: [Patty is inside Hofstedder's Jewlry Store, just before she called the FBI as 'Daphne Hofstedder'] Now, I know you very well, and you're a sweet man and you would never forgive yourself if something terrible happened to Margaret Miller, and it could. I can just see the headlines "Mister Hofstedder, He Could Have Saved Her". Patti Randall: [accent] This is Daphne Hofstedder speaking, of Hofstedder's Jewelry Store, 1833 West Mapleton Avenue. Zeke Kelso: Yes, Miss Hofstedder, how may I help you? Patti Randall: [accent] I heard you were looking for information, concerning a certain watch. Zeke Kelso: Yes, we are. Patti Randall: [accent] Well, a couple of weeks ago, a woman came into the shop, to buy a band, for her watch. Uh, what was the name? Oh, Miss Margaret Miller. Zeke Kelso: Margaret Miller? Will you describe this band you sold to Miss Miller? Patti Randall: [accent] Seventeen jewels, rather rectangular shaped, with raised filigree... things on the face. Zeke Kelso: Rectangular with raised filigree. Miss Hofstedder, may I ask why you haven't come forward earlier, with this information? Patti Randall: [accent] Well, I was away on my holiday... to Mexico... on a bus. Zeke Kelso: Will you be in town, Miss Hofstedder? Patti Randall: [accent] Yes. I'll be here anytime you want to talk to me, on the phone. Zeke Kelso: Thank you very much for your information. Goodbye. [Zeke Kelso then hung up telephone] [Patti had just put Ingrid into a closet for Zeke Kelso find her and show her how the collar, with miniature microphone around DC's neck works. Ingrid has the other collar] Ingrid Randall: [using the other collar, with miniature microphone] Mr. Kelso... if you don't mind, lets get going. Zeke Kelso: Be patient, isn't nine o'clock, yet. Ingrid Randall: [as Zeke Kelso sneezed] Lets get going. Zeke Kelso: [it appears as if Zeke thought DC could talk English almost!] Now wait a minute. Let's just try and pull ourselves here a minute. Ingrid Randall: [louder, in anger] Patti, you little wretch, let me out of here, I'm suffocating! Zeke Kelso: Oh. Ingrid Randall: [Ingrid pounded on closet door] Hey! [she pounded closet door, again] Let me out of here! Zeke Kelso: I'll get you out, Patti's gone to the movies. Ingrid Randall: Gone to the movies! Zeke Kelso: There's something seems to be stuck here. Ingrid Randall: Well open it. There's no air, I'm suffocating! Zeke Kelso: Yeah, well, don't worry. I'll go get a screwdriver. Ingrid Randall: I'm suffocating! Get me out of here! Zeke Kelso: [DC starts to leave the room] I'm sorry, but I've got to follow it. Ingrid Randall: Don't you dare follow the cat! Let me out of here! There's no air! Zeke Kelso: I'll be back, probably just an hour or two. Lie down, on the floor, there's usually more air down there. Ingrid Randall: I'm gonna scream! Zeke Kelso: Worst thing you can do. It uses up all the air. [Ingrid screamed] Kipp MacDougall(Mrs. MacDougall): I distintly heard a woman scream. Wilbur MacDougall(Mr. MacDougall): Right. [Wilbur stopped Kipp's arm] If you don't keep away from that door, you're going to hear another. Zeke Kelso: [DC had just went out the door, while Zeke was working on dis-connecting closet door hinges, that Ingrid was in] Okay, push. [door opened and pushed Zeke onto bed, behind him] I'd have that latch fixed, especially if you go in there a lot. Excuse me, but I've got to run. I just hope I haven't lost the cat. Ingrid Randall: Go ahead and follow that cat. And when you find him, do me a favor. The both of you just please just stay there! Zeke Kelso: [just after Zeke freed Ingrid and starts to look for DC, DC went by a motorcycle, as it just starts] Oh! [extremely loud to Zeke's ear] Mr. Hofstedder: [to Patty, after she entered his jewelry store] Do I look like Elliot Ness? Supervisor, Mr. Newton: I'm speaking for Mister Kelso, at 626 double-o 2 5. [626-0025] Supervisor, Mr. Newton: Did you make a call to this number, a few moments ago? Mr. Hofstedder: [after the phone call ends] I wonder what they meant, when they said they wouldn't forget me. [then he covers his mouth, as in fear] [arguing with Dan and Iggy when a $20 bill starts to fall] Landlady: And I don't care, this is gonna cost you. [a twenty-dollar bill fell in her hands but Iggy quietly pickpocketed it back] Landlady: Twenty bucks! Well, I guess that makes us even. [first lines] Iggy: [as Iggy buys four different newspapers, Iggy sees DC smelling the salmon, he had just purchased] Hey, what do you say fella? Hey, you're taking my food, huh? Margaret Miller: [looking out a window] Dan: [Dan pulled Margaret Miller, away from window] Back away from that window! Margaret Miller: [retreats] Dan: [to Iggy who's oblivious reading a newspaper] Why don't you just let her stick her head out the window and yell for help, you meathead? Iggy: [still oblivious] What'd I do? Wilbur MacDougall(Mr. MacDougall): [immediately after Mrs. MacDougall left the house to snoop, Wilbur went to the telephone, to call the police, on his wife!] I always say, if you got a duty, you ought to do it. Wilbur MacDougall(Mr. MacDougall): [speaking to telephone operator] Get me the police. Wilbur MacDougall(Mr. MacDougall): [after operator connected him to the police] Police? I want to report a prowler. Yeah, he's dressed like an old woman. Running around, looking in windows. No telling what he's up to. Yeah, and tell your men to be careful. He's dangerous! Patti Randall: [Patti, to FBI Supervisor Newton, while he is at the Marshall's house, speaking of DC] He's really diabolically clever. [upon seeing DC again] Iggy: [happily] Hey, fella, where did you come from, huh? I got a little business to do, then I'll give you some milk. Dan: [by DC's collar, after DC went in the apartment building, Zeke Kelso located Margaret Miller's kidnappers, hearing Dan's remark] Get rid of that cat, go in and finish her off. Iggy: Think it's better to do the job here, or in the truck? Dan: Here. So we don't have to fight her down the stairs. Zeke Kelso: This is it Control, 1-3-2 Eighth Street. Supervisor, Mr. Newton: Kelso, you hold off 'til we get there. Zeke Kelso: [upon hearing Margaret Miller's voice] I can't wait sir. I've got a situation, that's breaking wide open. Zeke Kelso: [looking under Ingrid Mershall's bed] That [sneeze] Zeke Kelso: cat! [Patti had just Ingrid, into a closet of another room, with spare miniature microphone cat collar, just like one around DC's neck, for Zeke Kelso to find her, Ingrid atfirst spoke with cat collar] Ingrid Randall: [Ingrid, using spare cat collar] Mister Kelso... if you don't mind let's get going. Zeke Kelso: Be patient, it isn't nine o'clock yet. Ingrid Randall: [Zeke Kelso had just sneezed] Let's get going. Zeke Kelso: [Zeke Kelso started thinking DC could speak, like a human being] Now wait a minute. Let's just try and pull ourselves, here a minute. Ingrid Randall: [Ingrid spoke louder, in anger] Patti, you little wretch, let me out of here, I'm suffocating! Zeke Kelso: [Zeke Kelso then recognized Ingrid Marshall's voice] Oh. Ingrid Randall: [Ingrid pounded the closet door] Hey! [Ingrid pounded the door again, in anger] Let me out of here! Zeke Kelso: I'll get you out. Patti's gone to the movies. Ingrid Randall: [Ingrid was shocked after hearing Zeke tell her that Patti left is not there] Gone to the movies? Zeke Kelso: Well something seems to be stuck here. Ingrid Randall: Well, open it. There's no air, I'm suffocating! Zeke Kelso: Yeah, well, don't worry. I'll go get a screwdriver. Ingrid Randall: I'm suffocating! Get me out of here! Zeke Kelso: [DC starts to leave the house] I'm sorry, but I've got to follow it. Ingrid Randall: Don't you dare follow that cat! Let me out of here! There's no air! Zeke Kelso: I'll be back, probably just an hour or two. Lie down, on the floor, there's usually more air, down there. Ingrid Randall: I'm gonna scream! Zeke Kelso: Worst thing you can do. It uses up all the air. Kipp MacDougall(Mrs. MacDougall): [Ingrid had just screamed loud] I distinctly heard a woman scream. Wilbur MacDougall(Mr. MacDougall): Right. [Wilbur MacDougall then grabbed Kipp MacDougall's arm to keep her leaving their house] . If you don't keep away from that door, you're going to hear a nother. Zeke Kelso: [DC had just gone the door, while Zeke was dis-connecting the hinges of the closet door, that Ingrid was in] Okay, push. [closet door opens and pushed Zeke onto the bed, behind him] Zeke Kelso: I'd have that latch fixed, especially if you go in there a lot. Excuse me, but I've got to run. I just hope I haven't lost the cat. Ingrid Randall: Go ahead and follow that cat. And when you find him. Do me a favor. The both of you just please stay there. Zeke Kelso: [just after Zeke freed Ingrid and start to look for DC, DC was by a motorcycle, that had just started] Oh! [after hearing motorcyle start, that was almost too loud to Zeke Kelso's ears] |
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