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...Dick Sarafian got in yesterday. He said he didn't understand the script either, which is too bad since he is the director. Cornelia's costumes are beautiful...
Directed by RICHARD C. SARAFIAN Screenplay by MORT FINE, ALAN TRUSTMAN, DAVID M. WOLF and RICHARD C. SARAFIAN...
Miles is dealt with in the same shallow perspective. We learn little of her past, and never hear her talk of her marriage. Director Richard Sarafian is at a loss as to how to treat this beautiful, cultured and bitchy woman who is thrust into the hands of outlaws. He chooses the easiest way out. Her enticing sexuality is expressed through the constant threats of rape, talk of rape and rape attempts which weigh down the film like a tedious motif each time it turns its attention to Miles...
...lesson here is treat 'em rough, and they'll come around. Miles leaves civilized territory, but Reynolds makes sure that society catches up with her. Director Sarafian strives for a Peckinpah-like authenticity in Cat Dancing's violent scenes, mixing in plenty of bullet holes and fresh blood. Although most victims die visibly, his effort is a failure. Windows are predictably smashed by fighting bodies, and Reynolds is allowed to wipe out a band of six Indians without suffering a wound. He runs out of bullets after the fifth victim, but manages to do in the last red man with...
This is an imitation movie. It wraps itself in its ambitions to the point where the basic concerns of character and credibility are ignored. Although its basic idea is promising, Sarafian, Miles and Reynolds grind its potential into the ground...