yield to the night (1956)

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Mary is in prison waiting to be hanged for murder and remembers the events which led her there, often with cats featuring in some way. Most poniently as she takes her last walk in the exercise yard, accompanied by the prison matron's cat for comfort.

Mary has a flashback to her writing a letter with a hard to spot tortoiseshell cat for company.

whistle down the wind (1961)

Dusty, Spider and Unknown
A farm laborer, tries to drown some kittens, but they are fortunately saved by three children who each take one to care for. One of the children subsequently saves the mother cat, called Dusty, but unfortunately later one of the kittens, named Spider is discovered to have died.

tommy the toreador (1959)

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Mum and kitten wave off a ships tomcat as he leaves port.

the cat creature (1973)

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A tv homage to the black and white creature features starts with a car driving up to a large house, welcomed by a cat meowing.
Later a shop assistant walks home through a dark alley, and a black cat gives her a scare, when it knocks over some garbage. The girl takes pity on the kitty and takes it home to feed. But once there she finds the cat is less friendly, hypnotising her into committing suicide.
Cats feature again when the assistant's replacement is frightened by a bunch of cats yowling in the window of a pet shop. Hmm, why don't cats seem to like this woman?
So its nearing the end of the film, and a killer cat has offed a number of people all known to the shop assistant. Handily a Professor with knowledge of Egyptian cat gods is there to protect the girl, but she becomes scared when a ginger cat pops in to say hello. Then he then brings round some of his mates, who seem eager to use her as a scratching post!

the night of a thousand cats (1972)

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A millionaire playboy keeps 1000 cats in his secluded castle and feeds them the bodies of young women that he has lured there. From the off he's a bad owner, throwing one cat into the cage, and drowning another, and deserves to be chowed down on in the end.

the torture garden (1967)

Balthazar.
A greedy man strikes a bargain with a cat that guards some treasure. In return for the wealth, the man has to supply the feline with some freshly killed human brains to snack on.

i cover the waterfront (1933)

Jenny.
A shore front reporter investigating a trawlerman he suspects of smuggling human cargo into the US. As part of his investigation he becomes romantically involved with the fisherman's daughter. She fantasises about them settling down and getting a cat. Near the end when she realises he has betrayed her trust she finds a stay cat and names her Jenny.

inception (2010)

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Tortoiseshell cat works its magic in the background at a meeting, in this complext sci-fi.

Children of the damned (1963)

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Embassy cat sits placidly and watches one of the children sneak out to join the others.

hellzapoppin' (1941)

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Screwball musical comedy. One number features acrobatic dogs and their handlers, so naaturally someone releases some cats to add to the mayhem.

the whisperers (1967)

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Lots of opportunities to see stray cats in this film about a old woman and her mundane life. This black stray cat makes a fleeting appearance in a street scene early in this drama.


Another stray appears eating from a bin before making itself scarce.



The old woman is found collapsed in the street, with a kitten playing around her body to keep her company.


Tortoiseshell scavenging the bins when its interrupted by the woman who asks, 'Would you like a saucer of milk?' But the cat naturally ignores her.

rumble fish (1983)

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Feral kitten is scared off when the Motorcycle boy turns up.

two way stretch (1960)

Strangeways
Cat that is the pet of three cellmates in this comedy about prisoners with the perfect alibi when they commit a diamond robbery - they were in prison at the time!