Directed by: W.S. Van Dyke

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

Synopsis: Claude (Freddie Bartholomew) is a cultured boy who moves to New York City and tries to befriend the neighborhood toughs Buck (Jackie Cooper) and Gig (Mickey Rooney).

Purr Blurs: To help Gig raise money for his father’s tombstone, Claude suggests breaking into a house (he doesn’t tell the others that it is actually his house). As Buck and Gig keep watch, a black cat knocks a vase off a balcony. The crash makes the boys run.

In another scene Buck is entering a junkyard where the boys’ clubhouse is located. A ginger tabby cat can be seen at the gap in the fence through which Buck enters.

Final Mewsings: Street cats are good at being hard to spot.

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