A silver tabby cat named Bobby is a real scene stealer in this French boxing melodrama reviewed by Ted Davis.
Un soir de rafle (1931)
Category Archives: Sports
Dangerous Moves (1984)
A somewhat paranoid chess champion picks up a stray black cat while in Geneva in this film reviewed by Mark Murton.
Gus (1976)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Vincent McEveety Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The inept California Atoms are floundering at the bottom of the National Football League with owner Hank Cooper (Ed Asner) deep in debt and facing losing the team, until they acquire a new […]
Game 6 (2005)
Starring: Blackie Directed by: Michael Hoffman Synopsis: Playwright Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is worried that vicious Broadway critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) is going to tear apart his new work. More importantly, his beloved Red Sox are up against the Mets in game six of the World Series. Kitty Cameo: The eccentric Schwimmer lives […]
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Directed by: Ralph Nelson Synopsis: Heavyweight boxer Louis ‘Mountain’ Rivera (Anthony Quinn) reaches a point where fighting will mean irreparable damage which leaves his manager in a bind. Kitty Cameo: Under the opening credits a tabby cat walks across the large corridor of the boxing stadium. A security guard stops to pet the cat, who […]
The Busher (1919)
Directed by: Jerome Storm Synopsis: A baseball hopeful named Ben Harding (Charles Ray) is spotted by a major league team and given his shot. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Ben’s sweetheart is Mazie Palmer (Colleen Moore) who is first seen sitting on a bench with her brother (Jay Morley). She is holding a tabby kitten. When […]
Cobb (1994)
Alcor Films Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl Directed by: Ron Shelton Synopsis: Baseball record holder Ty Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones) hires sportswriter Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) to write his autobiography, but Stump is torn between telling the story Cobb relates to him or the truth about the legend’s outrageous personality. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Cobb is recounting […]