AnimationComedyFamilyAdventure

The Aristocats

- A tune-filled animated extravaganza.

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.

Release Date : 1970-12-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Walt Disney Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Walt Disneys The AristocatsThe Aristo Cats

Cast

Character Name : O'Malley (voice)

Original Name : Phil Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duchess (voice)

Original Name : Eva Gabor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Roquefort (voice)

Original Name : Sterling Holloway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scat Cat (voice)

Original Name : Scatman Crothers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chinese Cat (voice)

Original Name : Paul Winchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : English Cat (voice)

Original Name : Lord Tim Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Italian Cat (voice)

Original Name : Vito Scotti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Russian Cat (voice)

Original Name : Thurl Ravenscroft

Gender : Male

Character Name : Berlioz (voice)

Original Name : Dean Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marie (voice)

Original Name : Liz English

Gender : Female

Character Name : Toulouse (voice)

Original Name : Gary Dubin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frou-Frou (voice)

Original Name : Nancy Kulp

Gender : Female

Character Name : Napoleon (voice)

Original Name : Pat Buttram

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lafayette (voice)

Original Name : George Lindsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abigail (voice)

Original Name : Monica Evans

Gender : Female

Character Name : Amelia (voice)

Original Name : Carole Shelley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lawyer (voice)

Original Name : Charles Lane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame (voice)

Original Name : Hermione Baddeley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Butler (voice)

Original Name : Roddy Maude-Roxby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uncle Waldo (voice)

Original Name : Bill Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frou-Frou (singing voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Ruth Buzzi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cat Screeches (uncredited)

Original Name : June Foray

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cat Screeches (uncredited)

Original Name : Clarence Nash

Gender : Male

Character Name : Milkman / Le Petit Café Cook / Truck Movers (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Renaday

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-12-22

When a wealthy Parisian lady summons her lawyer to amend her will, her faithful butler "Edgar" assumes it will all be his. Well, he discovers: maybe it will, but only after her cats have had their day first! Infuriated, he concocts a plan to be rid of the pesky felines once and for all. An overdose of a sleeping draught, a nice long drive and a nice big sack. A bridge over a fast moving river and the job ought to be done? That was the plan, but of course there'd be no film so something had to go wrong and soon "Duchess" is trying to get her youngsters back to their mansion. Luckily, along the way, they encounter the street-smart "Thomas O'Malley" who promises to help them get home. Some fun escapades ensue, the slightest hint of a love story develops and we meet some of the best scat cats this side of the Mississippi. The style of the animation used for this story reminded me a lot of "101 Dalmatians" (1961) with some similarly engaging characterisations. It's at it's best in ensemble mode - the "Ev'rybody Wants to be a Cat" number getting the toes tapping and the denouement with the cats, an horse, a large trunk and a trip to Timbuktu for the loser a fine finale for all (except, perhaps, their next door neighbours). It's good fun, moves along nicely and is perhaps the last of the original style of hand-animated Disney films that I can say I truly enjoyed.