1965, Film: "That Darn Cat!"

The American thriller-comedy "That Darn Cat!" was released on 2 December 1965 in the USA. The film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Robert Stevenson, is based on the novel "Undercover Cat" by Gordon and Mildred Gordon. Main stars are Hayley Mills as Patti Randall, Dean Jones as Zeke Kelso and Dorothy Provine as Ingrid Randall. The title song was written by the Sherman Brothers and sung by Bobby Darin.

Synopsis

DC is an adventurous Siamese cat who lives with Ingrid "Inky" (Dorothy Provine) and Patricia "Patti" Randall (Hayley Mills). DC makes every evening at nine a walk teasing a local dog, swiping food, and marking vehicles with muddy paws. One night, DC follows bank robber Iggy (Frank Gorshin) into a flat where he and his partner Dan (Neville Brand) are holding bank employee Miss Margaret Miller (Grayson Hall) hostage...

Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall

Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso

Roddy McDowall as Gregory Benson and Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall

Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall and Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso

Main cast

• Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall
• Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso
• Dorothy Provine as Ingrid Randall
• Roddy McDowall as Gregory Benson
• Neville Brand as Dan
• Frank Gorshin as Iggy
• Elsa Lanchester as Mrs. MacDougall
• William Demarest as Mr. Wilmer MacDougall
• Tom Lowell as Canoe Henderson
• Ed Wynn as Mr. Hofstedder
• Richard Eastham as FBI Supervisor Mr. Newton
• Liam Sullivan as Agent Graham
• Grayson Hall as Ms. Margaret Miller
• Iris Adrian as Mrs. Tabin the Landlady
• Richard Deacon as the drive-in theater manager
• Ben Lessy as Burton the drive-in concessionaire
• Don Dorrell as Spires
• Gene Blakely as Cahill
• Karl Held as Kelly

Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall, Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso
and Dorothy Provine as Ingrid Randall

Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall

Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso and Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall

Ed Wynn as Mr. Hofstedder and Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall

Trivia

This is the first Walt Disney film with Dean Jones and the last with Hayley Mills.

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That Darn Cat! Trailer

1968, Film: “Blackbeard's Ghost”

The American fantasy comedy film "Blackbeard's Ghost" is released on 8 February 1968 in the USA by Walt Disney Productions. The film, directed by Robert Stevenson, was written by Don DaGradi and Bill Walsh based on the novel with the same name by Ben Stahl from 1965. Main stars are Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette. The music was composed by Robert F. Brunner.

Synopsis

Steve Walker (Dean Jones) arrives at the Godolphin College to take the position of track coach. He lodges at the Blackbeard's Inn, run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers who claim to be descendants of the notorious pirate. The daughters are trying to pay off their mortgage to keep the inn from being bought by the local crime boss, Silky Seymour (Joby Baker), who wants to build a casino on the land...

Dean Jones as Steve Walker and Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard

Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard and Dean Jones as Steve Walker

Suzanne Pleshette as Jo Anne Baker, Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard and
Dean Jones as Steve Walker

Main Cast

• Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard
• Dean Jones as Steve Walker
• Suzanne Pleshette as Jo Anne Baker
• Elsa Lanchester as Emily Stowecroft
• Joby Baker as Silky Seymour
• Elliott Reid as TV Commentator
• Richard Deacon as Dean Wheaton
• Norman Grabowski as Virgil
• Kelly Thordsen as Motorcycle Officer
• Michael Conrad as Pinetop Purvis
• Herbie Faye as Croupier

Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard

Joby Baker as Silky Seymour

Trivia

1968 was the 250th Anniversary year of the death (in 1718) of the real-life Blackbeard the Pirate (aka Edward Thatch or Edward Teach)

Trailer "Blackbeard's Ghost" (1968)