84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

Directed by: David Jones

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Aspiring New York author Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) strikes up a friendship by mail with Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins), a British bookseller.

Kitty Cameo: In appreciate for the book shop’s efforts to find British tomes for her, Helene sends packages of meats and other items which are difficult to obtain in Britain because of rationing. These are shared among the shop’s workers, one of whom is an elderly gentleman named George Martin (Maurice Denham). At home he opens a tin of franks which he places into a pot, telling his pet tabby cat, who is sitting in a nearby chair, that they look good.

84 Charing Cross Road - tabby cat with white markings sitting in chair

Final Mewsings: During rationing, cats can’t afford to be finicky.

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