quatermass and the pit (1967)

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Film opens on a dark and moody London street, and a policeman on his beat breaks the tension by stopping to stroke a white cat.

the horseman on the roof (1995)

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French historical drama where a man is on the run from the Austrian secret police in Southern France. At one point he ends up hiding on the roof tops of a town, and befriended by a local cat.