Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

JLRMovieReviews Hayley Mills and Dean Jones head an all-star cast in this wacky, over-the-top, and unbelievable Disney film about the FBI tailing a cat, as it's a lead in a bank robbery/kidnapping case. When Neville Brand and Frank Gorshin rob a bank for $160,000.00 and take bank teller Grayson Hall with them, they hide out - only to be found by a hungry cat on its nightly rounds. She, Grayson, puts her wristwatch on the cat in place of its collar with a half-written HELP carved on the back of the watch, which of course sets off imaginative, highly intelligent and cute Hayley Mills on her quest to help the bank teller, of whom she's convinced has put the watch there. Dean Jones is an FBI agent picked by Hayley to help her and is given the odd assignment to follow that cat! Of course, he's allergic, too - of course, naturally. Tom Lowell is Canoe, a friend of Hayley's, who takes her out to surfer movies and eats her out of house and home, when he hangs out with her, stuffing his face with monster sandwiches. His jealousy of Dean and what's going in that house puts him in many situations and which provides much of the humor here. William Demarest and Elsa Lanchester are bickering neighbors who I'm convinced were inspired by the Kravitzes of "Bewitched." While mildly amusing, they were a little ingratiating to me, mostly her antics in being nosy. Dorothy Provine is Hayley's sister. Dean Jones makes it all look so easy as he underplays his unbelievable situation of tailing a cat, named DC for darn cat. But, perhaps the scene-stealer of the whole movie, besides the eerie cat is Roddy MacDowell, who drives sister Dorothy to work and has romantic designs on her. He is exactly perfect as the exasperated and outraged victim of DC's shenanigans. He doesn't underplay or overplay the role. His comic timing is on spot and this may be perhaps his best comic role in film. Disney must have had a sense of humor with "That Darn Cat." Anyone in a serious mood may find this awfully silly, but this is a wildly good and highly enjoyable time with a great cast and with a cool song sung Bobby Darin!

Spikeopath That Darn Cat! is out of Disney Productions and directed by Robert Stevenson. Collectively written by Bill Walsh and The Gordons (Mildred & Gordon), it stars Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville Brand and Frank Gorshin. Music is by Robert F. Brunner and cinematography by Edward Colman.When DC the Siamese cat is found to have a watch around his neck, one of his owners, Pattii Randall (Mills), alerts the FBI to the possibility it's a clue to a recent kidnapping. Cue much malarkey as humans and cat try to solve the crime whilst staying one step/paw ahead of the criminals...Utterly harmless fluff from the House of the Mouse, That Darn Cat! is basically a live action cartoon. Away from the wonderful cat(s) performance - and the skillful capturing of said cat(s) reactions to situations - there's no great technical genius here. Nothing wrong with that, this is good old fashioned entertainment for the kids to chuckle along with and for the adults to smile at. Yes some of the performances are twee or precious, and the story is silly, but it's honest family fare that's also boosted by Ed Wynn and Elsa Lanchester in secondary support slots. 6.5/10

elshikh4 This is one of the longest movies in history. It was more boring than watching water vaporizing in a glass under the sun ! And at one of the authentic posters you'll read "Walt Disney's Most Hilarious Comedy". LIARS, LIARS ! It is an insult to both Disney's studio and us !! The cat is dull, and most of all incredibly ugly. His presence is awful on screen. The kidnapped woman was creepy, I wonder how the 2 kidnappers didn't die out of the horror of looking to her face ! Frank Gorshin is the best one ever impersonated Richard Burton and Burt Lancaster, the thing is here he gave the worst impersonation of Richard Wedmark. He was overacting with no comedy, and watching him was nothing but PAIN. Roddy McDowall was totally wasted, as much as everybody I think. Dean Jones did one of his worst roles and movies. His comedy as someone who's allergic to saying the word cat (??) was damn pathetic. His sudden cold whenever he faces the cat was there, then wasn't. He seemed unfunny idiot for half of the time, and stiff for the rest. And how come Hayley Mills talks with a British accent ?! Nobody contributed to give any explanation for that ! Even the title song, sang by Bobby Darin or else, isn't great or entertaining !This movie suffers from too many unfunny characters (adulator nervous neighbor, elegant FBI agent, chief of police who works as a chief of police, older sister who combs her hair before sleep, ..) I felt bland all over. Look at the old lady next door, played by Elsa Lanchester. According to the way she looked and shot, she was horrendous, and anything but laughable. At one moment she does slap her poor husband. Not a funny thing by any mean ! True there were more amusing characters (noisy landlady, neurotic jeweler, subdued semi-deaf husband), however – sorrowfully – they were all unused ! The main situation is dealt with by shamefully uncreative style. The sketches are dry, and there is absolutely no step goes ahead in the matter of the hostage or the search for her. Simply the comedy and the thrill are beaten to death in this movie. I watched so empty, so talkative, so silly first and second act. Then there was a short third act where some comedy and thrill appeared, yet didn't pay off 2 hours of useless nonentity before it. Being 80 minutes movie should have been more merciful !There is something greatly sexy about Hayley Mills. I believe that Hollywood, and the life, of today don't have girls of that shape anymore. Her short blond hair reminded me of my obsession; Marilyn Monroe, her type of clothes did seduce me more than looking decent, and with those glasses she oozed special sex appeal. What I'll remember form it though is some lines. The old "I know what cooks in your tiny little mind". The witty "I didn't come in from Stupidsville on last night's bus!". The expressive "I look yuck in yellow!". And the most funny, rather the only funny, : "Get me the police. I want to report a prowler. Yeah, he's dressed like an old woman. Running around, looking in windows. And tell your men to be careful. He's dangerous!".In other cases I may say "For the nostalgic feel of it.." NO. FORGET IT UTTERLY. THIS TIME I WOULDN'T. Because except very few factors : The bright image, Hayley Mills' presence, some lines, and that unforgettably raunchy weather forecast's girl, this is a movie that fails at achieving its goals. It ends up as bad memory, or – at best – sweet torture. A darn cat, a darn movie !

Nick Zegarac (movieman-200) That Darn Cat (1965) was director Robert Stevenson's attempt to bring the girlish Haley Mills into womanly – if comedic – contemporary grace. She plays Patricia Randall, the impetuous wannabe sleuth and owner of D.C. (short for Darn Cat); a cross-eyed Siamese, sporting a wrist watch instead of a collar around its neck. Turns out the watch belongs to a bank teller who was taken hostage during a daring robbery. Enter FBI agent Zeke Kelso (Dean Jones), a congenial and squeaky clean cutie by 60s standards to whom Pat is immediately drawn. She's too nice to tell him how much she likes him. He's too polite to tell her to buzz off – especially after Pat takes it upon herself to enter the investigation as an active participant.This is one of those dated Disney comedies that, despite erring on the side of conservative caution and hopelessly virginal good humor, nevertheless hooks its audience with a flair for clean fun and corny vignettes. On this occasion, one of the running gags happens to be that poor Zeke has an allergy of kitties. This presents a problem during the film's pivotal showdown, since he can't seem to get his fits of sneezing under control. The impressive supporting cast includes Frank Gorshin (best remembered as the Riddler on Batman, but here put to good use as Iggy – the bank robber), Elsa Lanchester (as meddling, Kip MacDougall), Roddy McDowall (stuffy Gregory Benson), and Ed Wynn (as Mr. Hoffstedder – a zany watch jeweler). Remade in 1997 to nauseatingly dismal effect, this precocious diversion from the Disney stables in the one to beat, and, with a theme song warbled by no less a singer than Bobby Darin – what's not to love? The DVD transfer from Disney, for one thing. It's full frame! A very clean picture element, minus scratches and with a color palette that simply glows, is what you'll find on this occasion. Rich, solid blacks, very bright whites and natural looking flesh tones are the order of the day. Also, fine details are very nicely realized and film grain is kept to a bare minimum. The audio, though dated, is natural sounding for audio recordings of this vintage. Bobby Darin's song fares the best, with a sonic spread that will leave you toe-tapping for vintage 60s kitsch.