Editing Cat Ballou

{{short description|1965 film by Elliot Silverstein}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Cat Ballou
| image          = Cat Ballou Poster.jpeg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| producer       = [[Harold Hecht]]
| director       = [[Elliot Silverstein]]
| based_on       = ''The Ballad of Cat Ballou''<br />1956 novel<br />by Roy Chanslor
| writer         = [[Walter Newman (screenwriter)|Walter Newman]]<br />[[Frank Pierson]]
| starring       = [[Jane Fonda]]<br />[[Lee Marvin]]<br />[[Michael Callan]]<br />[[Dwayne Hickman]]<br />[[Nat King Cole]]<br />[[Stubby Kaye]]
| cinematography = [[Jack A. Marta]]
| editing        = [[Charles Nelson (film editor)|Charles Nelson]]
| music          = [[Frank De Vol]] ''(score)''<br />[[Mack David]] ''(songs)''<br />[[Jerry Livingston]] ''(songs)''
| production_companies = {{Plain list|
* [[Harold Hecht Corporation]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1965|05|07|Denver|ref1=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/23121-CAT-BALLOU?sid=12b4fd59-d2c7-4c0d-9392-e9adc9e3fabe&sr=6.292718&cp=1&pos=0#3 |title=Cat Ballou - Details |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119132525/http://catalog.afi.com/Film/23121-CAT-BALLOU?sid=12b4fd59-d2c7-4c0d-9392-e9adc9e3fabe&sr=6.292718&cp=1&pos=0#3 |url-status=live }}</ref>|1965|06|18|Los Angeles}}
| runtime        = 96 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| gross          = $20.7 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1965/0CABA.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=Cat Ballou, Box Office Information|access-date=January 22, 2013|archive-date=September 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928234506/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1965/0CABA.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=tcmart>Cole, Georgelle. [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4484/cat-ballou#articles-reviews "Cat Ballou"]  on [[TCM.com]]</ref>
}}

'''''Cat Ballou''''' is a 1965 American [[Western (genre)|western]] [[comedy film]] starring [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Lee Marvin]], who won an [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]] for his [[dual role]]. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and later to avenge his murder, only to find that the gunman is not what she expected. The supporting cast features [[Tom Nardini]], [[Michael Callan]], [[Dwayne Hickman]], and [[Nat King Cole]] and [[Stubby Kaye]], who together perform the film's theme song, and who appear throughout the film in the form of travelling [[minstrel]]s or [[troubadour]]s as a kind of musical [[Greek chorus]] and [[framing device]].

The film was directed by [[Elliot Silverstein]] from a [[screenplay]] by [[Walter Newman (screenwriter)|Walter Newman]] and [[Frank Pierson]] adapted from the 1956 novel ''The Ballad of Cat Ballou'' by [[Roy Chanslor]], who also wrote the novel filmed as ''[[Johnny Guitar]]''. Chanslor's novel was a serious Western, and though it was turned into a comedy for the film, the filmmakers retained some darker elements. The film references many classic Western films, notably ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]''. The film was selected by the [[American Film Institute]] as the 10th greatest Western of all time in its [[AFI's 10 Top 10]] list in 2008.

==Plot==
Catherine "Cat" Ballou, a notorious outlaw, is set to be executed in the small town of Wolf City, [[Wyoming]]. Two banjo and guitar playing "Shouters", Professor Sam the Shade and the Sunrise Kid, sing the ballad of Cat Ballou and regale the audience with the tale of how she began her career of crime.

Some months prior, Catherine, then an aspiring schoolteacher, is returning home by train to Wolf City from finishing school. On the way, she unwittingly helps accused cattle rustler Clay Boone elude his captor, Sheriff Maledon, when Boone's Uncle Jed, disguised as a preacher, distracts the lawman.

Arriving home at her father Frankie Ballou's ranch, Catherine learns that the Wolf City Development Corporation is scheming to take his ranch. Frankie's sole defender is his ranch hand, educated [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] Jackson Two-Bears. Clay and Jed appear and reluctantly offer to help Catherine. She hires legendary gunfighter Kid Shelleen to help protect her father from gunslinger Tim Strawn, the tin-nosed hired killer who is threatening him.

Shelleen arrives and proves to be a drunken bum who is a crack shot only when he is inebriated. His presence proves to be useless, as Strawn abruptly kills Frankie. When the townspeople refuse to bring Strawn to justice, Catherine becomes a revenge-seeking outlaw, known as Cat Ballou. She and her gang rob a train carrying the Wolf City payroll, then take refuge in the desperado hideout "[[Hole-in-the-Wall]]". Shelleen is shocked to discover the legendary outlaw [[Butch Cassidy|Cassidy]] is, now, a humble saloonkeeper in Hole-in-the-Wall.

The gang is thrown out when it is learned what they have done, due to Hole-in-the-Wall's continued existence being dependent on the sufferance of Wolf City. Strawn arrives and threatens Cat. Shelleen, motivated by his affection for Cat, works himself into shape. Dressed up in his finest gunfighter outfit, he goes into town and kills Strawn, then reveals he is Strawn's brother.

Cat poses as a prostitute and confronts Sir Harry Percival, the head of the Wolf City Development Corporation. She attempts to force him into confessing that he ordered her father's murder. A struggle ensues; Sir Harry is killed, and Cat is sentenced to be hanged. With Sir Harry dead, Wolf City's future is hopeless, and the townspeople have no mercy for Cat. As the noose is placed around her neck, Uncle Jed, again disguised as a preacher, appears and cuts the rope just as the trapdoor opens. Cat safely falls through and onto a wagon, and her gang spirits her away in a daring rescue.

==Cast==
<!--- [[MOS:FILMCAST]] [[WP:NOTDATABASE]] - cast and order per Main Cast [[opening credits]], roles per [[closing credits]] scroll --->
{{Cast listing|
*[[Jane Fonda]] as Cat Ballou
*[[Lee Marvin]] as Shelleen and Strawn
*[[Michael Callan]] as Clay Boone
*[[Dwayne Hickman]] as Jed
*[[Nat King Cole]] as one of the shouters{{efn|name=Shouter|[[Nat King Cole]] and [[Stubby Kaye]] (who introduce each other's character, in the opening song, as Sunrise Kid and Sam the Shade, respectively), are billed simply as "Shouters", acting as a [[Greek chorus]]. They intermittently appear onscreen to narrate the story through ongoing verses of the ballad, one of the songs written by [[Mack David]] and [[Jerry Livingston]] for the film.<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4484/cat-ballou#credits "Music"]  on [[TCM.com]]</ref>}}
*[[Stubby Kaye]] as one of the shouters{{efn|name=Shouter}}
*[[Tom Nardini]] as Jackson Two-Bears
*[[John Marley]] as Frankie Ballou
*[[Reginald Denny (actor)|Reginald Denny]] as Sir Harry Percival
*[[Jay C. Flippen]] as Sheriff Cardigan
*[[Arthur Hunnicutt]] as [[Butch Cassidy]]
*[[Bruce Cabot]] as Sheriff Maledon
*[[Burt Mustin]] as the accuser
*[[Paul Gilbert (actor)|Paul Gilbert]] as Train Messenger
}}

==Production==
''Cat Ballou'' was director [[Elliot Silverstein]]'s second feature film, with the pressure of filming leading to some quarrels with the producer [[Harold Hecht]], although the film was ultimately a box office success.<ref name=tcmart />

[[Ann-Margret]] was the first choice for the title role, but her manager turned it down without letting the actress know.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Jim |last=Watters |title=Ann-Margret's Juicy Role |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=March 24, 1975 |volume=3 |issue=11 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20065073,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123095259/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20065073,00.html |archive-date=November 23, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ann-Margret wrote in her autobiography that she would have taken the part.<ref>{{cite web |first=Andrea |last=Passafiume |title=Cat Ballou (1965) |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies#TCM Movie Database (2006–2019)|TCM Movie Database]] |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4484/cat-ballou#articles-reviews |access-date=2024-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504111220/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4484/Cat-Ballou/articles.html |archive-date=2017-05-04 |url-status=live}}</ref> Among others, [[Kirk Douglas]] and [[Dick Van Dyke]] turned down the role of Shelleen.<ref name=tcmart /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/dick-van-dyke-reveals-iconic-hollywood-roles-he-passed-on/ | title=Dick van Dyke Reveals Iconic Hollywood Roles He Passed on | date=December 14, 2023 }}</ref> Michael Callan was under contract to Columbia.<ref name="callan">{{cite magazine|access-date=6 April 2025|date=6 April 2025|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/not-quite-movie-stars-michael-callan/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=Not Quite Movie Stars: Michael Callan}}</ref>

The film was shot on location in Colorado, including parts of [[Canon City, Colorado|Canon City]] and [[Texas Creek, Colorado|Texas Creek]], as well as the [[ghost towns]] of [[Rosita, Colorado|Rosita]] and [[Buckskin Joe, Park County, Colorado|Buckskin Joe]]. It was also filmed around the [[Tunnel Drive Trail]] and the [[Wet Mountain Valley]].<ref>"Custer, Fremont Counties Selected for Film Locale". ''Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph''. September 5, 1964. p. 22.</ref>

Nat King Cole was ill with [[lung cancer]] during the filming of ''Cat Ballou''. A [[chain smoking|chain smoker]], Cole died four months before the film was released.

Jay C. Flippen suffered a circulatory failure during filming and, as a result, later had his leg amputated, due to [[gangrene]].<ref name=afi>{{AFI film|23121}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Cat Ballou'' earned over $20.6{{nbsp}}million in North America, making it the [[1965 in film|7th highest-grossing film of 1965]].<ref name=tcmart />

===Critical response===
{{RT data|prose|consensus=|ref=yes}} {{MC film|60|7|ref=yes|access-date=2024-12-15}}

[[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "a breezy little film" which "does have flashes of good satiric wit. But, under Elliott Silverstein's direction, it is mostly just juvenile lampoon."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=June 25, 1965 |title=The Screen: 'Cat Ballou' |journal=[[The New York Times]] |page=36 }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that the film "emerges middlingly successful, sparked by an amusing way-out approach and some sparkling performances."<ref>{{cite journal |date=May 12, 1965 |title=Cat Ballou |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=6 }}</ref> [[Richard L. Coe]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' praised the film as a "springy satire", adding, "What makes this fun is the style. Forming a mighty cool duo, Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye sing their way in and out of the plot with folk songs which Cole '[[Don't Fence Me In (song)|Don't Fence Me In]]' Porter would have relished. The format is novel and stylishly delivered."<ref>{{cite news |last=Coe |first=Richard L. |author-link=Richard L. Coe |date=June 24, 1965 |title='Cat Ballou' Is Zingy Spoof |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=D20 }}</ref> [[Pauline Kael]] in ''[[Film Quarterly]]'' called it "lumpen, coy, and obvious, a self-consciously cute movie," adding that "mainly it is full of sort-of-funny and trying-to-be-funny ''ideas'' and a movie is not just ideas."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kael |first=Pauline |author-link=Pauline Kael |date=Fall 1965 |title=Cat Ballou |journal=[[Film Quarterly]] |volume=19 |issue=1 |page=54 |doi=10.2307/1210823 |jstor=1210823 }}</ref> Philip K. Scheuer of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "I'm in the minority, apparently. ''Cat Ballou,'' which is being hailed as a cowboy ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' or something of the sort, seems to me about as funny as a soundtrack burp."<ref>Scheuer, Philip K. (June 19, 1965). "Why the Hullabaloo About 'Cat Ballou?'" ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. p. 19.</ref> ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote, "The jokes in ''Cat Ballou'' are uneven, but the mood behind the film is happily consistent."<ref>{{cite journal |date=September 1965 |title=Cat Ballou |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=32 |issue=380 |page=131 }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[38th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Lee Marvin]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 24, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111233714/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Walter Newman (screenwriter)|Walter Newman]] and [[Frank Pierson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Charles Nelson (film editor)|Charles Nelson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Frank De Vol]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]]
| "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" <br /> Music by [[Jerry Livingston]]; <br /> Lyrics by [[Mack David]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[15th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| [[Elliot Silverstein]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1965/03_preistr_ger_1965/03_Preistraeger_1965.html |title=Berlinale 1965: Prize Winners |access-date=2010-02-28 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=2013-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121015/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1965/03_preistr_ger_1965/03_Preistraeger_1965.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Silver Bear for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Lee Marvin
| {{won}}
|-
| Special Mention
| Walter Newman and Frank Pierson
| {{won}}
|-
| Youth Film Award – Honorable Mention
| Elliot Silverstein
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[19th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
| Lee Marvin
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1966 |publisher=[[BAFTA]] |access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]]
| [[Jane Fonda]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]]
| [[Tom Nardini]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[18th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Elliot Silverstein
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1960s/1965.aspx?value=1965 |title=18th DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[23rd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/cat-ballou/ |title=Cat Ballou |publisher=[[Golden Globe Foundation]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Lee Marvin
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Jane Fonda
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song – Motion Picture]]
| "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" <br /> Music by Jerry Livingston; <br /> Lyrics by Mack David
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|Most Promising Newcomer – Male]]
| Tom Nardini
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Top Comedy
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| 
|-
| Top Male Comedy Performance
| Lee Marvin
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top Female Comedy Performance
| Jane Fonda
| {{won}}
|-
| Top Song
| "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" <br /> Music by Jerry Livingston; <br /> Lyrics by Mack David
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1965|National Board of Review Awards]]
| rowspan="2" | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Lee Marvin {{small|(also for ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]'')}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1965/ |title=1965 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[1965 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| Lee Marvin
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1965 |title=1965 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy|Best Written American Comedy]]
| Walter Newman and Frank Pierson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
|}

In his [[Academy Award|Oscar]] acceptance speech, [[Lee Marvin]] concluded by saying: "I think, though, that half of this belongs to a horse somewhere out in [[San Fernando Valley]]", a reference to the horse Kid Shelleen rode, which appeared to be as drunk as Shelleen was.<ref name=osborne>[[Robert Osborne|Osborne, Robert]]. Outro to [[Turner Classic Movies]] presentation of ''Cat Ballou'' (May 14, 2011)</ref>

===American Film Institute===
* 1998: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] – Nominated<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/movies400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2013-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026011242/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/movies400.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2000: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – #50<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2013-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316140859/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2003: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]]:
** Tim Strawn – Nominated Villain<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/handv400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Nominees |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2013-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104022712/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100years/handv400.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2004: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]]:
** "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" – Nominated<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2015-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417023552/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2007: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – Nominated<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100YearsMovies_ballot_06.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees (10th Anniversary Edition) |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2016-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008220747/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100YearsMovies_ballot_06.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2008: [[AFI's 10 Top 10]]:
** #10 Western Film<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 10 Top 10: Top 10 Western |url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=3 |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2016-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624042805/http://afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=3 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Television pilots==
Two separate [[television pilot]]s were filmed. A 1970 pilot, written and produced by [[Aaron Ruben]], featured [[Lesley Ann Warren]] as Cat, [[Jack Elam]] as Kid Shelleen and Tom Nardini repeating his role, while a 1971 pilot starred [[Jo Ann Harris]] as Cat, [[Forrest Tucker]] as Kid Shelleen and Lee J. Casey as Jackson Two-Bears.<ref>{{cite book |first=Lee |last=Goldberg |title=Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1990 |year=1991 |publisher=[[Citadel Press]] |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/unsoldtvpilotsal0000gold/page/n5/mode/2up |chapter=Big Screen to Small Screen {{!}} Pilots Based on Movies |page=89 |isbn=978-0-8065-1242-6 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/unsoldtvpilotsal0000gold/page/88/mode/2up?q=Ballou |access-date=2024-12-16 |url-access=limited |via=[[Internet Archive#Text collection|Internet Archive Book Reader]]}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
*''Cat Ballou'' is the favorite film of comedy directors [[The Farrelly Brothers|Bobby and Peter Farrelly]], as stated in The [[American Film Institute|AFI]] ''100 Years, 100 Laughs'' television special. The Balladeers from their film, ''[[There's Something About Mary]]'', are inspired by similar characters in ''Cat Ballou''.
*Imagery from the hanging scene of [[Jane Fonda]] was spoofed advocating her [[execution]] for [[treason]], following her 1972 visit to [[Hanoi]]. A brief shot from that scene was used as part of [[Alex DeLarge]]'s sadistic reverie in the movie ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''.
*"Cat Ballou" is a card in the [[Spaghetti Western]] [[board game]] ''[[Bang! (card game)|Bang!]]''
*In a 2014 interview on [[NPR]], actor [[Bryan Cranston]] called ''Cat Ballou'' the "movie that had the most impact" on him when he was growing up.<ref>[[Terry Gross|Gross, Terry]]. [https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=295246908 "''Fresh Air'': From Walter White To LBJ, Bryan Cranston Is A Master Of Transformation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021085909/http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=295246908 |date=2017-10-21 }} [[NPR]] (March 27, 2014)</ref>
*Part of the opening animation of the Columbia logo featuring Jane Fonda was incorporated in the beginning of ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |author1-link=Jerry Beck |title=The Trippy Columbia Logo Art in "Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse" |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-trippy-columbia-logo-art-in-spider-man-into-the-spiderverse/ |website=Cartoon Research |access-date=April 4, 2021 |date=December 31, 2018 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227123032/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-trippy-columbia-logo-art-in-spider-man-into-the-spiderverse/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*In episode 69 of the popular fiction podcast ''[[Welcome to Night Vale]]'', Cecil Palmer mentions that he watched this movie with his boyfriend Carlos the Scientist repeatedly. Later episodes confirm that Cecil is a fan of the film, and episode 192, "It Doesn't Hold Up" features Cecil discussing the film.

==See also==
*[[List of American films of 1965]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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