by Ted Davis Original Air Date: June 12, 1979 Directed by: Peter Hammond Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Acerbic and aging, beleaguered quotation-spewing barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) travels again from London, this time to the Northern Circuit in order to defend local actress Maggie Hartley […]
Original Title: Zui quan nu diao shou Also Known As: Against the Drunken Cat Paws; Flying Claw Fights; 14 Demons; Thirteen Evil Bandits Directed by: Shan-Hsi Ting Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lin Chin (Ling Chia) is the daughter of a martial arts teacher who […]
Original Title: Zhadnyy Kuzya Directed by: Mikhail Kamenetskiy, Ivan Ufimtsev Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Characters from a book come to life after a greedy hungry cat steals their birthday cake in this Russian short film which combines live action and animation. Featured Feline: The […]
by Mark Murton Also Known As: Sweet Baby Charlie Directed by: James Landis Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A trio of teaching colleagues, Doris Page (Helen Hovey), Ed Stiles (Richard Alden), and Carl Oliver (Don Russell), are driving to Los Angeles for a Dodgers game. […]
Also Known As: Battle Hell Directed by: Michael Anderson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A recounting of the incident in which the H.M.S. Amethyst was shelled and trapped on the Yangtse river, caught in the midst of the Chinese Civil War. Kitty Cameo: The ship’s […]
Original Title: Le notti della violenza Directed by: Roberto Mauri Synopsis: A mysterious masked man is killing women Purr Blur: A call girl named Carla Pratesi (Hélène Chanel) nervously leaves her home after receiving mysterious phone calls. As she walks to her car she is startled by a Poor Cat Screech and a white cat […]
by Mark Murton Also Known As: The Seducers Directed by: Peter S. Traynor This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film. Synopsis: An affluent San Francisco businessman, George Manning (Seymour Cassell), alone in his house when his wife Karen (Beth Brickell) is […]
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: February 15, 1965 Directed by: Joseph M. Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A rash of brutal and inexplicable murders of young female nurses shocks the neighborhood and surrounding town where they occur. During a dark and stormy night, on […]
Music Artist: Tim Finn Synopsis: A music video for the solo Tim Finn song features ballet dancers. Purr Blur: In the middle of the video a grey cat is shown falling, flipping over in midair to right itself. This is interposed with the ballet dancers, apparently to show the cat’s similar grace. After landing on […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows how Londoners battled an unusual heat wave. Reality Cat: A tabby cat is shown at the very end of this segment sitting up and licking an ice cream cone as the narrator comments, “Boy, that saved one of the nine lives!” Final Mewsings: Cats know how to beat the […]