Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, The (DVD)

On the run from her cold-hearted husband; Catherine Crocker witnesses a daring train robbery. The robbers are forced to take her prisoner; riding deep into untamed territory pursued by a posse led by a determined Wells Fargo agent -- and Catherine's husband. A stellar cast powers this sweeping; elegiac ode to the West. Burt Reynolds plays gang leader Jay; a laconic war hero with a mysterious past. Sarah Miles is Catherine; first repelled by her captors but gradually growing to respect; then trust; then love Jay. With a stirring John Williams score; dead-on direction by Richard C. Sarafian (Man in the Wilderness); and cinematography so realistic you can taste the dust and sweat; The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing emerges as one of film's great Westerns.

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