The Cats (1968 film)

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

The Cats
Film poster
Directed byDuccio Tessari
Produced byTuri Vasile[1]
Screenplay by
Story byMario Di Nardo[1]
Starring
Music byMichel Magne[1]
CinematographyCarlo Carlini[1]
Edited byMario Morra[1]
Production
companies
  • Ultra Film
  • P.E.C.F.
  • Rhein Main[1]
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date
  • 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

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. Curti 2013, p. 15.
  2. 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 0786469765.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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