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Cat Ballou

Date: 1965
Type: Western / Comedy / Musical
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Elliot Silerstein
Producer: Harold Hecht

Comment/Synopsis

Jane Fonda's family farm is being threataned by the new railroad. When her father is killed, she hires Lee Marvin, a gun man to help her. This is a comedy western in which Lee Marvin plays two brothers with one on each side of the conflict and the preformance won him an Oscar.

Actors


Jane FondaJane Fonda
Lee MarvinLee Marvin
Bruce CabotBruce Cabot
Reginald DennyReginald Denny
Michael Callan
Dwayne Hickman
Arthur HunnicuttArthur Hunnicutt

Oscars

Won Best Actor - Lee Marvin
Nomination - Writing, Editing, Music, Original song
Production
Columbia Pictures
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