The Battle of Billy's Pond (1977)

Directed by: Harley Cokeliss

This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning!

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

Synopsis: A boy named Billy (Ben Buckton) fights back when he realizes a local pond has been contaminated with chemicals dumped there by a company.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Billy and his friend Gobby (Andrew Ashby) find a dead fish while fishing in the pond. Billy decides to take it home to find out what killed it. At home the family cat, an adorable young orange and white tabby, spots the fish in Billy’s bag.

The Battle of Billy's Pond - young orange and white tabby cat looking up

The Battle of Billy's Pond - young orange and white tabby cat

When the family sits down to dinner, the cat grabs the fish from the bag and runs outside with it (actually when the cat runs outside it doesn’t have anything in its mouth, but you can only see this in slow motion).

The Battle of Billy's Pond - young orange and white tabby cat sniffing at dead fish in bag

The Battle of Billy's Pond - young orange and white tabby cat taking dead fish from bag

The Battle of Billy's Pond - young orange and white tabby cat running past table

Kitty Carnage Warning! Later Billy and Gobby are playing soccer outside when they find the cat lying sick nearby.

The Battle of Billy's Pond - young orange and white tabby cat lying in garden

The Battle of Billy's Pond - Billy Ben Buckton finding young orange and white tabby cat lying in garden

Billy picks up the cat which is completely limp. It is very likely the cat was drugged for this scene.

The Battle of Billy's Pond - Billy Ben Buckton holding limp young orange and white tabby cat with Gobby Andrew Ashby

They take the kitty to a vet where his stomach is pumped. The veterinarian tells them the cat will be okay and that it was chemicals which made him sick.