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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like Cat Ballou, it affectionately overturns Western conventions with a breezy comic rhythm, a resourceful outsider, and escalating town-wide chaos rather than grim frontier realism.
02
Why this pick
A deliberately cartoonish Western spoof whose broad chases, playful lawlessness, and cheerful irreverence fit Cat Ballou’s comic dismantling of Old West heroics.
03
Why this pick
Its huge, unruly frontier ensemble and deadpan comic escalation share Cat Ballou’s pleasure in turning familiar Western conflicts into amiable, chaotic farce.
04
Why this pick
For Cat Ballou’s blend of colorful frontier adventure and larger-than-life personalities, this offers a more sweeping but still lively Western ride with bold visual scale.
05
Why this pick
Its affectionate, self-aware humor and charismatic clash between mythic gunslinging and comic mischief make it a natural companion to Cat Ballou’s irreverent Western spirit.
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01 / THE STORY
Catherine "Cat" Ballou, who wants to be a schoolteacher, is returning home from boarding school by train to (fictional) Wolf City, Wyoming, to the ranch of her father, Frankie Ballou. On the way, she unwittingly helps accused cattle rustler Clay Boone elude his captor, Sheriff Maledon, when Boone's Uncle Jed, a drunkard disguised as a preacher, distracts the lawman.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Catherine 'Cat' Ballou
Kid Shelleen & Tim Strawn
Clay Boone
Frankie Ballou
Sir Harry Percival
Sheriff Maledon
Accuser
Train Messenger
