Fonda is agreeably peppery as a teacher in the Old West who wreaks vengeance on the men who murdered her father. Marvin enlists as a drunken old gunfighter trying to retain his old glory and also portrays his twin brother, a rustler with a silver nose. A 60s-style genre spoof with enough action to keep it real. Marvin won an Academy Award for his two performances.

In this spoof of the Western and the Old West, a young schoolteacher, Cat, and her gang wreak vengeance on the men who murdered her father. They hire a drunken old gunfighter, trying to retain his old glory, to help them with the cause. Together they set out to get even with an English lord who's responsible for the death of Cat's parents.

Excerpt: "Well, the town's got a big outfit movin' in. Build factories. Make a real city out of Wolf City. They want your daddy's water rights. He won't sell them." (Jackson Two-Bears to Cat Ballou)

"Sir, don't if I could have just one nip to steady my hand... please?" (Kid Sheleen to Frankie Ballou)

"You won't make me cry. You'll never make me cry!" (Cat Ballou to the townsfolk who allowed her father to be killed)

"You all say you love me and are beholden to me and 'Take it easy, Cat, we're going to take care of you'... and the first time I ask you to do one little thing for me like rob one little train..." (Cat to her friends)

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Pan & Scan/Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Materials:
Audio Commentary - 1. Dwayne Hickman, Michael Callen - Stars
Trailers
Featurette - 1. THE LEGEND OF CAT BALLOU
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies - Elliot Silverstein - Director
Jane Fonda - Star
Lee Marvin - Star
Michael Callen - Star
Dwayne Hickman - Star
Nat "King" Cole - Star
Stubby Kaye - Star
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Jane Fonda: American Actress
Lee Marvin: American Actor
Michael Callan: American Actor/Dancer
Dwayne Hickman: American TV/Film Actor
Nat King Cole: American Singer
Stubby Kaye: Actor/Comedian/Singer
Tom Nardini: American Character Actor
John Marley: American Actor
Reginald Denny: British Actor
Jay C. Flippen: American Character Actor
Arthur Hunnicutt: American Character Actor

Elliot Silverstein: American Director

Harold Hecht: American Producer/Actor

Frank Pierson: Screenwriter, Director, mid '60s-early '90s, COOL HAND LUKE
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Charles Nelson: American Editor

"A buoyant western satire....Lee Marvin is great in two roles..."