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Cat Ballou (1965)

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Reviews Counted: 20

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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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A drunk Lee Marvin on a horse to match makes this comedy western classic.

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Steve Crum
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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.

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Lee Marvin clearly steals the film in his double role as the good guy/bad guy hired gunman.

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Dennis Schwartz
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10/05/05
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

Clever spoof with great roles for Fonda and Marvin

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James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

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03/29/04
Frank Swietek
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Mainly remembered for Marvin's Oscar-winning comedic performance

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01/07/04
Rob Blackwelder
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Marvin won an Oscar for his dual good guy/bad guy portrayal.

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Linda Cook
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First-rate western parody.

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