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The Cat Came Back (1988)

The Cat Came Back poster
Directed by
Cordell Barker
Genre
comedy film
Country
Canada
Runtime
8 min
Rated
PG
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 74 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to get rid of a cat that keeps returning no matter what he does. His increasingly frantic attempts lead to a series of disasters.

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What happens

The Cat Came Back is a 1988 Canadian short animated comedy film by Cordell Barker, produced by fellow award-winning animator Richard Condie in Winnipeg for the National Film Board of Canada. It is based on the children's song "The Cat Came Back" by Harry S. Miller. It was released in Canadian theaters with Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In May 2017, the NFB and Canadian publisher Firefly Books adapted the film as a children's book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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