Once You Kiss a Stranger … (1969)

Directed by: Robert Sparr

This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning!

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

Synopsis: A psychotic girl named Diana (Carol Lynley) tries to coerce a professional golfer named Jerry (Paul Burke) to swap murders.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): At the beginning of the film Diana is in a beach house. An orange tabby cat is lying on a television as she enters.

Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly with orange tabby cat on television set

Diana pours herself some milk then walks over to the cat and kisses him.

Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly approaching orange tabby cat on television set
Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly kissing orange tabby cat on television set

Diana walks away to put on some music and when she looks back and sees the cat is drinking her milk.

Once You Kiss a Stranger - orange tabby cat drinking milk from glass on television set

“Sweet little pussycat,” she sighs as she walks over and picks up the cat, “always taking what doesn’t belong to you. And after all my warnings!”

Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly holding orange tabby cat

She carries the cat to the refrigerator. “But you love your milk, don’t you? And when somebody loves something you just naturally want it all, don’t you?”

Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly carrying orange tabby cat

She opens up the refrigerator. “Well, here’s a lot of ice cold milk for you. All you can drink!”

Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly holding orange tabby cat in front of refrigerator
Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly holding orange tabby cat

Kitty Carnage Warning! She tries to shove the cat into the refrigerator but it fights back, scratching her.

Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly trying to shove orange tabby cat into refrigerator animated gif
Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly being scratched by fighting orange tabby cat

The cat runs away and Diana actually grabs a kitchen knife and acts like she is going to give chase. Thankfully she stops.

Once You Kiss a Stranger - orange tabby cat running away
Once You Kiss a Stranger - orange tabby cat running away
Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly grabbing knife as orange tabby cat runs away animated gif

After this you would think the cat would not come back again, but the cat is sitting comfortably next to her in a later scene when she is re-recording some audio to frame Jerry.

Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly sitting with orange tabby cat
Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly sitting with orange tabby cat
Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly petting orange tabby cat

Funnily enough, near the end of the film Diana is reading a book entitled “How to Train Your Cat.”

Once You Kiss a Stranger - Diana Carol Lynly reading book How to Train Your Cat

Final Mewsings: Cats shouldn’t steal milk from psychotic women.

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