Academy Awards, USA 1966
| Won Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Lee Marvin |
| Nominated Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Walter Newman Frank Pierson |
| Best Film Editing Charles Nelson | |
| Best Music, Original Song Jerry Livingston (music) Mack David (lyrics)
For the song "The Ballad of Cat Ballou"
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| Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment Frank De Vol |
Columbia Pictures
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Columbia TriStar)
The transformation of innocent college graduate Jane Fonda into the leader of an outlaw gang is told in flashback on the eve of her hanging. After her father is murdered by a gunslinger wearing a false nose, she talks a hopeful admirer and his pal into hiring their own gunslinger for revenge. Lee Marvin makes the most of his dual role as both gunslingers. Supposedly a spoof of the western genre, it too frequently relies on cliches to keep the plot moving. Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye are entertaining as a pair of minstrels who frequently appear to summarize the plot.
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