Come Next Spring (1956)

Directed by: R.G. Springsteen

This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning!

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

Synopsis: Matt Ballot (Steve Cochran) returns home to his farm after previously abandoning his wife Bess (Ann Sheridan) and children, hoping to make amends.

Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): When Matt arrives on the farm he learns he has a son named Abraham (Richard Eyer). He accompanies the boy to the barn to milk the cow. A beautiful tabby cat is lying in the hay of the stall.

Come Next Spring - Bengal tabby cat lying on hay

Kitty Carnage Warning! The cow accidentally steps on the cat’s tail, sending the cat scrambling. Actually it’s some kind of fake cow leg that is brought down on the cat’s tail. The leg looks padded and might have been softer than it appears.

Come Next Spring - Bengal tabby cat having fake cow leg brought down on tail
Come Next Spring - fake cow leg being brought down on Bengal tabby cat's tail animated gif

Matt and Abraham are concerned for the cat, who has climbed up on some hay bales.

Come Next Spring - Bengal tabby cat on hay bales with Matt Steve Cochran

Matt gets the cat and sits with her and his son in a buggy as they check the cat’s tail.

Come Next Spring - Matt Steve Cochran holding Bengal tabby cat on buggy with Abraham Richard Eyer
Come Next Spring - Matt Steve Cochran holding Bengal tabby cat with Abraham Richard Eyer
Come Next Spring - Matt Steve Cochran holding Bengal tabby cat with Abraham Richard Eyer
Come Next Spring - Matt Steve Cochran holding Bengal tabby cat with Abraham Richard Eyer

The tail appears to be all right but Matt finds a big tick on the cat and removes it as his daughter Annie (Sherry Jackson) enters.

Come Next Spring - Matt Steve Cochran removing tick from Bengal tabby cat tail with Abraham Richard Eyer on buggy as Annie Shirley Jackson enters
Come Next Spring - Matt Steve Cochran removing tick from Bengal tabby cat tail with Abraham Richard Eyer on buggy and Annie Shirley Jackson
Come Next Spring - Matt Steve Cochran removing tick from Bengal tabby cat tail with Abraham Richard Eyer on buggy and Annie Shirley Jackson

Later in the film a cyclone hits the farm. The family hunkers down in a storm cellar where the children have brought all of the animals. But Abraham realizes they forgot the kittens. Animal lover Annie sneaks out to the barn through the storm to rescue the basket of kittens and needs rescuing herself by Matt. Inside the cellar we see the basket of adorable grey kittens.

Come Next Spring - basket full of gray kittens
Come Next Spring - basket full of gray kittens
Come Next Spring - Annie Shirley Jackson setting down basket full of gray kittens animated gif

Final Mewsings: It is nice to see people concerned about cats in a film for a change!

Many thanks to Brian H. for letting us know about the cats in this movie.

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