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Under a pretentiously artsy façade, Newley slams the audience with a symbol as if it were a clown's pig bladder. Cocky is pitted against an autocratic upper-class fat cat in a dented top hat named Sir (Cyril Ritchard). Sir makes the rules for the Game of Life, which is played rather like circular hopscotch on a huge disk at stage center. Any time Cocky manages two jumps forward, he is forced to go three jumps or more backward. Arbitrary? Unreasonable? One understands-the game is hopelessly rigged...
Filmed in Kenya, Moses too often skips over the dignified Masai and the glorious scenery in order to study the breed of wildlife Hollywood knows best. One cat is Ubi (Raymond St. Jacques), a troublesome tribal hipster who has lived in Harlem, and can spout such phrases as: "You goofed it, daddy." Ever wary of what Ubi may do, Mitchum scarcely can find any time for Carroll Baker, who speaks a few words of Swahili rather competently and lets the rest of her lines fall where they may. Actress Baker behaves in a manner befitting a missionary's daughter...
...learned his lesson, Liston won't be in a frantic hurry to dispose of Clay tonight. He will stalk his man, trying to conserve his energy for the fifteen-round cat and mouse game, and wait patiently for the opportunity to break Clay in half with one swipe of his left hand...
...honest-to-gosh westerns go, Cat Ballon is disgraceful. As a shibboleth-shattering spoof, it dumps all the heroic traditions of horse opera into a gag bag, shakes thoroughly, and pulls out one of the year's jolliest surprises. Occasionally the fun seems sophomoric, and a few maladroit asides about red-white race relations give evidence that Cat might have been improved by more careful grooming. But the offenses are minor. What's good about the comedy is nigh irresistible...
...through one of the zaniest train robberies ever filmed, a throwback to Pearl White's perilous heyday. Putting the final touches on a virginal white frock to wear at her own hanging, she somehow suggests that Alice in Wonderland has fallen among blackguards and rather enjoys it. Happily, Cat Ballon makes the enjoyment epidemic...