When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
paris, france
return
butler
cartoon
villain
suspension
inheritance
cartoon cat
kitten
1910s
greedy
cartoon animal
cartoon goose
Rank
#9 in 1970·#1897 overall
Trailer
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Cast
Phil Harris
O'Malley (voice)
Eva Gabor
Duchess (voice)
Sterling Holloway
Roquefort (voice)
Scatman Crothers
Scat Cat (voice)
Paul Winchell
Chinese Cat (voice)
Vito Scotti
Italian Cat (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft
Russian Cat (voice)
Nancy Kulp
Frou-Frou (voice)
Pat Buttram
Napoleon (voice)
George Lindsey
Lafayette (voice)
Monica Evans
Abigail (voice)
Carole Shelley
Amelia (voice)
Crew
Wolfgang Reitherman
Director
Vance Gerry
Screenplay
Ken Anderson
Screenplay
Frank Thomas
Screenplay
George Bruns
Original Music Composer
Ken Anderson
Director of Photography
Winston Hibler
Producer
Wolfgang Reitherman
Producer
Eric Larson
Animation
Milt Kahl
Animation
Frank Thomas
Animation
Ollie Johnston
Animation
Popular Reviews
2971 reviews
vi
10.0★ · 11/01/17
if edgar had any common sense he would have realized that cats can't fucking spend money
if edgar had any common sense he would have realized that cats can't fucking spend money
66
briPRO
9.4★ · 06/22/25
Dedicated to my sweet Mia. Couldn’t stop giggling when rewatching this, remembering the years when we watched this nonstop. Top tier characters and music.
Dedicated to my sweet Mia. Couldn’t stop giggling when rewatching this, remembering the years when we watched this nonstop. Top tier characters and music.
4
Mark Hibberd
7.7★ · 06/22/25
Haven’t seen this is 20 years and did not disappoint. Tapped into nostalgia I didn’t know I had. Great tunes, hand drawn backgrounds are amazing and I do officially want to be a cat.
Haven’t seen this is 20 years and did not disappoint. Tapped into nostalgia I didn’t know I had. Great tunes, hand drawn backgrounds are amazing and I do officially want to be a cat.
2
frankie
6.0★ · 01/27/24
i want to be a cat i think
i want to be a cat i think
1
ruby
8.0★ · 07/08/26
I loved the dogs, they're so funny, I wish there was a movie just about them.
ladys do not start fight.. but they can finish them
I loved the dogs, they're so funny, I wish there was a movie just about them.
ladys do not start fight.. but they can finish them
