Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse
Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: A musical adaptation of the film Ninotchka. Ninotchka Yoschenko (Cyd Charisse) is sent to Paris to follow up on the trail of three Soviet agents and finds herself coming under the spell of American film director Steve Canfield (Fred Astaire).
Purr Blur: Late in the film Ninotchka and the agents return to Russia. When we see her home in the Soviet Union a tuxedo cat can be seen standing outside.
Final Mewsings: Cats can be utilitarian, too.
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