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The Big Cat

4.019491h 18mNRMovieAdventureRomanceDrama

A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by a cougar.

DirectorPhil Karlson
WritersMorton Grant·Dorothy Yost
ProducerWilliam Moss

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Cast · Directed by Phil Karlson

LMLon McCallister
Lon McCallister
Danny Turner
PGPeggy Ann Garner
Peggy Ann Garner
Doris Cooper
PFPreston Foster
Preston Foster
Tom Eggers
FTForrest Tucker
Forrest Tucker
Gil Hawks
SHSkip Homeier
Skip Homeier
Jim Hawks, Gil' Son
SHSara Haden
Sara Haden
Mrs. Mary Cooper
IBIrving Bacon
Irving Bacon
Matt Cooper the Mailman
GRGene Reynolds
Gene Reynolds
Wid Hawks, Gil' Son

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