Who Killed the Cat? | |
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Directed by | Montgomery Tully |
Screenplay by | Maurice J. Wilson Montgomery Tully |
Based on | play Tabitha by Arnold Ridley and Mary Cathcart Borer |
Produced by | Maurice J. Wilson |
Starring | Mary Merrall Ellen Pollock Amy Dalby |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
Edited by | Peter Musgrave |
Music by | Carlo Martelli |
Production company | Eternal Films |
Distributed by | Grand National Pictures (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Who Killed the Cat? is a 1966 British crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Mary Merrall, Ellen Pollock and Amy Dalby. [1] It was based on the 1956 play Tabitha by Arnold Ridley and Mary Cathcart Borer. [2]
Three elderly spinsters become amateur detectives when someone poisons their beloved cat. [3] The three determine the cat was poisoned by their mean landlady and they decide to take revenge. They plan to murder the landlady, but fate takes a hand in matters.
The Radio Times called it a "strange, dated mystery"; [4] and TV Guide wrote "This little film has a strange premise, to say the least." [5]