Cat and Dupli-cat (1962 film)

Cat and Dupli-cat is an 1962 American animated musical film released by Walt Disney Productions and Buena Vista Pictures. The film involves a story of Tom meeting Dupli-Cat which is told by a deep male talking blue fish who explains about him. The blue fish is voiced by Nicolai Shutorov who voiced Giovanni Jones in the Looney Tunes short Long-Haired Hare. It is a Sequel to the 1961 film The Cat Above and the Mouse Below and it is the second of the three Tom and Jerry musical films by Disney other than MGM.

Synopsis
A blue fish with a deep male voice explains a cat who lives in a cruise ship named Dupli-Cat, an orange cat that is the rival of Tom and even Jerry as well. The two cats getting into a fight and Jerry must stop them from fighting.

Cast

 * Nicolai Shutorov as The Blue Fish

Information
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Songs
There are a total of 4 songs in the 1962 version of the film while the 1967 MGM version has only 1 song.
 * 1) Starlight Starbright (Opening Credits) - Chorus
 * 2) In the Night of the Shame - Singers
 * 3) Santa Lucia - Terence Monck
 * 4) He's Dupli-cat! - Terence Monck and Chorus
 * 5) Fear is Just a Word (Deleted Song) - Terence Monck and Chorus

Releases

 * United States: June 8, 1962

Credits
Main article: Cat and Dupli-cat (1962 film)/Credits

Trivia

 * The blue fish does not sing in this film because he hates singing.
 * A deleted song (Fear is Just a Word) was going to be in the film, but it does not appear in it, althrough it's still shown on the 1997 VHS after the film.