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!

jre-5 It's a wonderful and very entertaining story with a lot of great humor. It's quite a unique story with a lot of interesting elements. Some parts are a bit frustrating, but it all works out. Many of the scenes with the robbers are a bit disturbing and frightening, it would probably be rated PG if it was made today. But it's all part of the story. Dean Jones did a lot of great Disney films in the 60s and 70s. It's interesting that this was his first, it's just as good as the others. I think there should've been a few more scenes showing the arrests near the end, and what happens afterwards, but it shows the important parts. This is one of those films that often has me imagining what would have happened right afterwards. It's a great film.

TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews My first thought as the movie started was that it was "a live action Tom & Jerry". The film spends a lot of its time following the title cat, and whilst the cinematography and editing(complete with footage that has been sped up for comedic effect) might not break any new ground, it works really well, and the overall product is entertaining and never really slow or repetitive. The humor remains fresh throughout, and in spite of several changes of perspective and which characters it focuses on, the whole thing runs smoothly. The picture may not be intricate, but it's good for what it is, it's good to watch without having to think, and hey, it never claims to be Shakespeare. This is good, slightly goofy and occasionally overplayed(but never to the point of annoyance) fun, with a Siamese cat in the lead. The score, as my fiancée pointed out, surely to fill with just the cat on the screen, is most apparent when, well, it's only the cat on the screen. It works very well, a nice jazz composition(keep your ears open for a Batman-esquire cue(although this precedes the infamous show)). The acting is fitting... some is over the top, some nicely underplayed. Grayson Hall does well with fairly little in amount. The plot is fairly simplistic, and many of the situations come from complications and such. I recommend it to fans of Hayley Mills, cats and Disney. 7/10

Chris Dowling I hadn't seen this movie in 30 years when my kids decided to rent it the other night! The cast is classic, from The Riddler(Batman), to Roddy McDowell, to Uncle Charlie(My Three Sons). And of course, Dean Jones and Haley Mills. It's one of those timeless, goofy Disney comedy classics that stands in a kitsch class of it's own! Ya gotta see it again!YMMV if you're a tweener at this point (too mature for it's cornball silliness, and too young to be nostalgic!)