The Richest Cat in the World is a 1986 American made-for-television adventure drama film directed by Greg Beeman and released by Walt Disney Television. It originally aired March 9, 1986 as a presentation of The Disney Sunday Movie on ABC.[1]
| The Richest Cat in the World | |
|---|---|
 Print advertisement | |
| Genre | Adventure Biography Drama Family Western |
| Teleplay by | Marshall Efron Alfa-Betty Olsen |
| Story by | Les Alexander Steve Ditlea |
| Directed by | Greg Beeman |
| Starring | Ramon Bieri Steven Kampmann Caroline McWilliams |
| Music by | Peter Bernstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Les Alexander |
| Producers | Alexander Gorby Andy Rose |
| Cinematography | George Koblasa |
| Editor | Stanford C. Allen |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production companies | Les Alexander Productions Walt Disney Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | March 9, 1986 |
Plot
editThe death of millionaire Oscar Kohlmeyer leaves an inheritance to a talking cat called Leo Kohlmeyer. Leo's inheritance is worth five million dollars while Oscar's nephew (Mr. Rigsby) gets twenty-five thousand dollars on the condition he doesn't contest the will. Being greedy and bossy, Mrs. Rigsby forces her husband to contest. The Rigsbys try to kidnap the cat.
Primary cast
edit- Ramon Bieri as Oscar Kohlmeyer
- Steven Kampmann as Howard Piggans
- Caroline McWilliams as Paula Rigsby
- Steve Vinovich as Gus Barrett
- George Wyner as Victor Rigsby
- Brandon Call as Bart
- Kellie Martin as Veronica
- Palmer (the cat)[2]
- Larry Hagman (uncredited) as the voice of Leo
See also
edit- The Aristocats - Another Disney film with a similar plot.
References
edit- ^ (8 March 1986). TV Preview, Sumter Daily Item
- ^ Geringer, Dan (17 April 1986). Cat's on a roll, but Boomer's gone bust, Spokane Chronicle (Knight-Ridder article)
External links
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