Also Known As: Joy House
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Starring: Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, André Oumansky
Directed by: René Clément

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

Synopsis: Marc (Alain Delon) is on the run from mobsters and ends up working in a house with a lovely widow named Barbara (Lola Albright) and her younger cousin Melinda (Jane Fonda).  But there are sinister plots afoot as he is soon to discover!

Featured Feline: The cat does not come into the film until halfway through and again we’ll warn you again that this contains spoilers for the film!  As it turns out a man named Vincent (André Oumansky) is hiding out in the house and when he is seen he has a large gray cat with him.

In one scene it is commented upon how the cat was given to Vincent as a kitten when he first started hiding out at the house.  The cat is now fat from being closed in with the man for two years.

Eventually Vincent tries to kill both Barbara and Marc and the cat is seen making a desperate run for freedom.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): This final cat comes with a major spoiler for the end of the film!  Marc ends up having to be the one in hiding in the house and Melinda, who has arranged it, gives him a fuzzy tabby kitten.

Final Mewsings: Cats and men don’t enjoy being locked away.

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