Track of the Cat

Infobox_Film
name = Track of the Cat


imdb_id = 0047603
producer = Robert Fellows
John Wayne
director = William A. Wellman
writer = Walter Van Tilburg Clark (novel)
A.I. Bezzerides
starring = Robert Mitchum
Teresa Wright
music = Roy Webb
cinematography = William H. Clothier
editing = Fred MacDowell
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = November 27, 1954
runtime = 102 min.
language = English

Track of the Cat is 1954 William A. Wellman film starring Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright. It was based on a 1949 adventure novel of the same name by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. This was Wellman's second adaptation of a Clark novel, the first being "The Ox-Bow Incident".

Plot

Against the pleadings of his family, Curt Bridges (Robert Mitchum) tracks down the panther which killed his brother Arthur (William Hopper).

Cast

*Robert Mitchum "as" Curt Bridges
*Teresa Wright "as" Grace Bridges
*Diana Lynn "as" Gwen Williams
*Tab Hunter "as" Harold Bridges
*Beulah Bondi "as" Ma Bridges
*Philip Tonge "as" Pa Bridges
*William Hopper "as" Arthur Bridges
*Carl Switzer "as" Joe Sam

Production

The outdoor scenes were filmed on Mount Rainier and Mitchum regarded shooting in the deep snow and cold as the worst filming conditions he had ever experienced. [Lee Server, "Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care", St. Martin's Press, 2001, page 259.]

The photography of William Clothiert was designed to highlight black and white and downplay colors. Only key elements like the blue matches, the fire and Mitchum's red coat stand out.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0047603|title=Track of the Cat

DVD Reviews

* [http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2014cat.html Review] by Glenn Erickson at [http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/ DVD Savant] a part of [http://www.dvdtalk.com/ DVD Talk]
* [http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4402 Review: "Track of the Cat (Special Collector's Edition)"] at The-Trades.com