The Three Lives of Thomasina

1963
PG
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

2.7K

YOUR RATING

Patrick McGoohan and Susan Hampshire in The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)

The cat brings a family together, through her mysterious death and reappearance.

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Thomasina the cat brings a family together, through her mysterious death and reappearance.Thomasina the cat brings a family together, through her mysterious death and reappearance.Thomasina the cat brings a family together, through her mysterious death and reappearance.

Director
- Don Chaffey
Writers
- Robert Westerby
- Paul Gallico
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

2.7K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Don Chaffey
Writers
- Robert Westerby
- Paul Gallico
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Paul Gallico, the author of the movie's source novel, was invited to the set during filming, and quickly came to dislike "the great god Disney". Therefore, he was vastly amused when one of the felines portraying Thomasina held up filming for two days by flatly refusing to perform a stunt for which she had been trained, in spite of Walt Disney's frustrated bellowing. Paul Gallico recalled in his memoirs: "I was proud of that cat!" As with many films with animals, more than one cat was used to portray Thomasina. Disney introduced the film when it aired on television (it's included in the DVD special features), during which he indicated that Paul Gallico was his friend.

Goofs
Scenes showing Thomasina will show an orange classic tabby and then an orange tiger tabby in another. These are two different styles of tabby cats.

Quotes
Andrew McDhui: I thought my opinion as an animal doctor was no good. Somebody called Hughie Stirling has been saying so. Would he be a friend of yours?
Hughie Stirling: He's no friend of mine, sir.
Jamie McNab: Hughie Stirling's a bit of a fool, sir, everyone knows that.

Connections
Edited into The Magical World of Disney: The Three Lives of Thomasina: Part 1 (1965)

Soundtracks
Thomasina
Music and Lyrics by Terry Gilkyson
Performed by Robie Lester

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This movie was on NBC's Walt Disney, while the Beatles were on CBS's Ed Sulivan show (or at least that was the line-up in Portland, Oregon). I remember my friend Tom was the only kid in the neighborhood who had his own TV. So we were at his house, when his parents came in to bring us all out to the main TV, where the Beatles were on. We watched it, wasn't much impressed, and went back to Disney in our own room. I mention this from time to time when we have trivia quizzes, and everyone always looks at me like I'm 100 years old. I agree with other reviews, that this is a very fine movie, that is well produced, and the acting is top-notch.