Cat Ballou - Reception and Influence

Reception and Influence

  • Although the film received mixed reviews, it was popular with moviegoers, and earned $20 million in ticket sales in 1965, making it one of the top ten moneymaking movies that year.
  • Cat Ballou is the favorite film of comedy directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly, as stated in The AFI 100 Years, 100 Laughs television special. The Balladeers from their film, There's Something About Mary, are inspired by the similar characters in Cat Ballou.
  • Imagery from the hanging scene of Jane Fonda was used in spoofs advocating her execution for treason following her 1972 visit to Hanoi to support the communist Vietnamese in their war against the United States (after which she has been dubbed "Hanoi Jane"). A very brief shot from that scene was also used as part of Alex DeLarge's sadistic reverie in the movie A Clockwork Orange.
  • "Cat Ballou" is a card in the spaghetti western board game Bang!.

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