The Aristocats
"DIG THESE CATS...and all that JAZZ!"
Story: Madame Adelaide Bonfamille lives in Paris with her cats. She has never been marries and sice sh is old, it is time for her to make up her will. Her trusty butler Edgar hopes that the years of work will pay of and that he will be named in the will. But then he learns that Madame wants to give all her money to her cats, Duchess and her three kitten: Berlioz, Marie and Toulouse, he thinks of a way to get the cats out of the way. He drug the milk of the cats and then takes them far out of Paris, where he drops them in the countryside.
The cats are lost and don't know the way back, until they meet Thomas O'Malley. This cat begins to flirt with Duchess, but soon sees that she has three kitten. Loyal as he is, he promiss them to bring them back to Paris. The journey is long and not without danger. When they cross a railroadbridge, Marie almost drowns when she fal into the water. Thomas rescues her. They meet up with two Geese, Abigail and Amelia Gabble. Together they go to Paris. Amelia and Abigail go their own way as soon as they enter Paris. The cats first go to the house of Thomas, where Jazz Cat and his gang are just playing some music. Later thet evening Duchess and Thomas have a romantic evening on top of the roofs of Paris, but they know that they have both different backgrounds and that their affaire won't last. The three kitten spie on them and hope that Thomas will become their father.
Next day the cats arrive home and Thomas leave them at the doorstep. When the cays enter, Edgar catches them and brings them to the barn where he wants to send them far away. Thomas hears that and sends the little mouse, Roquefort, who has been looking for his catfriends all along, to Jazz Cat for help. Roquefort has a hard time to get Jazz Cat to help him, but he finally comes along with the little mouse. They battle with Edgar, who is finally send away to a far land. Thomas O'Malley stays with Duchess and the kitten and Madame wants to make a home for cats from her house.
Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman.
Writing credits: Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Gerry, Tom McGowan, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas and Ralph Wright.
Music by: George Burns.
Animators: Oliver M. Johnston Jr., Milt Kahl and John Lounsbery.
Cast:
Thomas O'Malley: Phil Harris
Duchess: Eva Gabor
Roquefort: Sterling Holloway
Scat Cat: Scatman Crothers
Chinese Cat: Paul Winchell
English Cat: Lord Tim Hudson
Italian Cat: Vito Scotti
Russian Cat: Thurl Ravenscroft
Berlioz: Dean Clark
Marie: Liz English
Frou-Frou: Nancy Kulp
Napoleon: Pat Buttram
Lafayette: George Lindsey
Abigail Gabble: Monica Evans
Amelia Gabble: Carole Shelley
George Hautecourt: Charles Lane
Madame Adelaide Bonfamille: Hermione Baddeley
Edgar: Roddy Maude-Roxby
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