Two men rob a bank, kidnap the bank teller and hole up in an apartment. A cat belonging to a teenage girl who lives in that area barges into the hoodlums' lair and is used by their hostage to send a signal to the outside world. The cat's owner contacts the FBI who sends one of their agents to monitor the cat for a possible lead; he works at first with a team of agents and later alone.
Entertaining comedy which makes fun of criminal investigations, and also of several other things, which are embodied by the plethora of characters which inhabit the movie: a mother-fixated young man; her girlfriend whose main concern seems to be his carpooling services; an air-headed surfer teenager who is dating the female protagonist; an old busybody; her husband who is annoyed by her meddlesomeness; and two cold-hearted but, luckily for their victims, not very competent thieves. The script is ably structured and sufficiently funny within the constraints generally imposed in the 60s on mainstream movies intended for younger audiences.
Rating: 58
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