The Richest Cat in the World

The Richest Cat in the World
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Genre	Adventure Biography Drama Family Western
Teleplay by	Marshall Efron Alfa-Betty Olsen
Story by	Les Alexander Steve Ditlea
Directed by	Greg Beeman
Starring	Ramon Bieri Steven Kampmann Caroline McWilliams
Music by	Peter Bernstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Les Alexander
Producers	Alexander Gorby Andy Rose
Cinematography	George Koblasa
Editor	Stanford C. Allen
Running time	120 minutes
Production companies	Les Alexander Productions Walt Disney Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 9, 1986 (1986-03-09)

The Richest Cat in the World is a 1986 American made-for-television adventure drama film directed by Greg Beeman and released by Walt Disney Television. It originally aired March 9, 1986 as a presentation of The Disney Sunday Movie on ABC.^[1]

Plot

The death of millionaire Oscar Kohlmeyer leaves an inheritance to a talking cat called Leo Kohlmeyer. Leo's inheritance is worth five million dollars while Oscar's nephew (Mr. Rigsby) gets twenty-five thousand dollars on the condition he doesn't contest the will. Being greedy and bossy, Mrs. Rigsby forces her husband to contest. The Rigsbys try to kidnap the cat.

Primary cast

• Ramon Bieri as Oscar Kohlmeyer
• Steven Kampmann as Howard Piggans
• Caroline McWilliams as Paula Rigsby
• Steve Vinovich as Gus Barrett
• George Wyner as Victor Rigsby
• Brandon Call as Bart
• Kellie Martin as Veronica
• Palmer (the cat)^[2]
• Larry Hagman (uncredited) as the voice of Leo

See also

• The Aristocats - Another Disney film with a similar plot.

References

1. (8 March 1986). TV Preview, Sumter Daily Item
2. Geringer, Dan (17 April 1986). Cat's on a roll, but Boomer's gone bust, Spokane Chronicle (Knight-Ridder article)

External links

• The Richest Cat in the World at IMDb
• Commercial trailer (1986)