Mousey

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Mousey
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Written byJohn Peacock
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Jack Hildyard
Edited byJohn Trumper
Music by Ron Grainer
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • March 9, 1974 (1974-03-09)(U.S.)
Running time
89 minutes [1]
CountryCanada

Mousey (released as Cat and Mouse in theaters and on UK television) [2] is a 1974 Canadian thriller action drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, [3] and starring Kirk Douglas, Jean Seberg and John Vernon. [4]

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Although made for television, it was released theatrically outside of the U.S. In London, it was shown as part of a double feature with Craze . [5] [6]

Plot

In Halifax, Novia Scotia, biology teacher George Anderson (Douglas) earns the nickname "Mousey" from his students when he is unable to dissect a frog. However, when he learns that the child that his pregnant wife (Seberg) is expecting is not his, he follows her to Montreal, where he plans to kill her and her lover. [7] [8] [1]

Cast

Production

Mousey was filmed on location in Montreal, Canada and at Pinewood Studios in England. Filming commenced in November 1973. [6]

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. Steven H. Scheuer was negative, saying that, "It's complicated and not very interesting;" [9] and the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Mousey seems to have been doomed from the start." [8] Leonard Maltin, however, reviewed it positively, calling it "tightly made" and praising Douglas as "wonderfully sinister," [10] and Amis du film called it "a good 'suspense' film," although noting a lack of originality in its plot. [11] Monthly Film Bulletin called it "a thriller with some pretensions to psychological depth." [1]

Legacy

Mousey has since been re-shown on television and released on VHS, resulting in blogs noting the film's rising cult status. [12] [13]

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