There is only one movie that made me laugh so much that I could hardly take a breath. The movie is Cat Ballou. It is a comedy-western film featuring a young Jane Fonda (7 years before she became "Hanoi Jane") and Lee Marvin. If you need an endorsement before deciding whether to view this film, how about this: Lee Marvin won the Academy Award for Best Actor, beating out (among others) Richard Burton and Laurence Olivier. Adding to the overall excellence of this film is the clever weaving of the title song (featuring Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye) into the story line. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Scoring of Music and for Best Original Song. If you want a good time, call Cat Ballou!
John Greanias Copyright 2013
