Directed by: Robert Lynn
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: Based on the true crime story of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (Donald Pleasence) who was accused of killing his wife.
Kitty Cameos: Crippen’s wife Belle (Coral Browne) is a henpecking kind of woman who is usually snapping at her husband. As Crippen enters the kitchen carrying a coal bucket, he steps over the legs of a man. A cat meows. “Oh, be careful!” Belle yells as she reaches down to pick up a tuxedo cat from the floor. “Sorry, Puss,” Crippen offers the cat.
“Cats have feelings, too, you know!” Belle snaps. She sets the cat on a chair but it immediately jumps down and disappears.
In a later scene Crippen walks into the kitchen to find a black cat on the table eating their food. Crippen gives the cat and the messy table a dirty look but says nothing. The cat quietly gets down off the table.
Final Mewsings: Cats can read body language.
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