The Cats
Film poster
Directed byDuccio Tessari
Screenplay by
Story byMario Di Nardo[1]
Produced byTuri Vasile[1]
Starring
CinematographyCarlo Carlini[1]
Edited byMario Morra[1]
Music byMichel Magne[1]
Production
companies
  • Ultra Film
  • P.E.C.F.
  • Rhein Main[1]
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release dates
  • 30 October 1968 (1968-10-30) (Italy)
  • 29 May 1969 (1969-05-29) (France)
  • 6 June 1969 (1969-06-06) (West Germany)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
Box office₤702 million

The Cats (Italian: I bastardi) is a 1968 crime film directed by Duccio Tessari, starring Rita Hayworth and Klaus Kinski.

Cast

Production

The film had the working title of The Cats.[2] The credits of the film state that the film is an Italian, French and West German co-production.[2] Actor Dan van Husen stated that the film is actually an Italian-Spanish co-production with the initial title being Los Gatos.[2] The film was predominantly shot in Spain, with opening sequences shot in the United States.[2]

Release

The Cats was released in Italy as I bastardi on 30 October 1968 where it was distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.[1] The film grossed a total of 702,781,000 Italian lire on its theatrical run in Italy.[1] In 1969 it was released in France and West Germany on 25 May and 6 June respectively.[1][3] The film was released on the Warner Archive Collection on DVD under the title The Cats.[1]

Reception

A contemporary review in the Monthly Film Bulletin commented that the film was "no more than an updated Italian Western with all the familiar sadistic ingredients" and that "apart from a quite competently staged desert car chase, Duccio Tessari (who showed real flair in A Pistol for Ringo) directs as though he had never been behind the camera before"[4]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Curti 2013, p. 15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2013, p. 17.
  3. ↑ "Der Portal" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bastardi, I". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 36, no. 420. British Film Institute. 1969. p. 145.

References

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
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