Comedy
Duration
120 minutes

Quick Summary

Musical comedy Western, starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin

About This Program

A schoolteacher returns to her home town to find a ruthless railroad developer is trying to snatch her family's land. When her father is murdered by a hitman for refusing to sell his ranch, she resolves to defend the property, enlisting the aid of two small-time crooks and a drunken gunslinger with an equally inebriated horse. Musical comedy Western, starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, with music by Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye

Cat Ballou broadcasts on Great! Action at 10:10am, Sunday, 4 January 2026.

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Production Details

Year1965
Runtime92 mins
DirectorElliot Silverstein

Cast & Crew

ES
Elliot SilversteinDirector
JM
John Marleyas Frankie Ballou
JF
Jane Fondaas Catherine `Cat" Ballou
NK
Nat King Coleas Professor Sam the Shade
TN
Tom Nardinias Jackson Two-Bears
LM
Lee Marvinas Kid Shelleen/Strawn
SK
Stubby Kayeas The Sunrise Kid
MC
Michael Callanas Clay Boone