Cat Ballou (1965)
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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 20 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
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 portrays his twin brother, a rustler with a silver nose. A 60s-style genre spoof with enough action to... [More]
Genre: Westerns
Starring: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat King Cole
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Screenwriter: Frank Pierson, Walter Newman
Producer: Harold Hecht
Composer: Frank de Vol
Screenwriter: Frank Pierson, Walter Newman
Producer: Harold Hecht
Composer: Frank de Vol
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05/26/08
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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.
06/03/07
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06/24/06
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Lee Marvin clearly steals the film in his double role as the good guy/bad guy hired gunman.
02/01/06
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05/09/05
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05/24/03
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