Product Details

• Actors: Anne Arthur, Karen Field, Sabrina Koch
• Directors: Radley Metzger
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
• DVD Release Date: February 21, 2006
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CCD1XO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,740 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The success of Radley Metzger's smooth, stylish erotic bonbon The Dirty Girls inspired him to try something a little more ambitious. The Alley Cats is the simple story of Leslie (petite, big-eyed brunette Anna Arthur), a frustrated young woman in the European jet set ignored by her fiancé, Logan. When she discovers he's in the middle of an affair with her best friend, Leslie decides to have a few dalliances of her own. To her surprise, she falls for a beautiful, seductive socialite and is suddenly confronted with a choice she never expected to face. Daring in its time, it feels rather dated today, as the decadent display of sexual freedom collapses in a conclusion grounded in conventional attitudes. But until then it's a lusty yet sleek look at swinging '60s Europe shot on gorgeous locations and in chic, elegantly furnished apartments in cool, crisp black-and-white widescreen, enlivened by a funky rock and jazz-influenced score. --Sean Axmaker

Product Description

The swinging Sixties have never looked so sexy, fun and erotic as in Radley Metzger's second solo feature The Alley Cats! When Leslie, a member of Europe's wealthy swinging set, feels ignored by her fiancee Logan (who is in the midst of a tempestuous affair with Leslie's friend Agnes) she decides to do some swinging herself. Her first lover, the suave, debonair Christian, pleases her greatly, but is soon called away on business. Frustrated, Leslie responds to the advances of Irena, a beautiful lesbian socialite. Soon she must choose between her fiancee Logan and her awakened lesbian feelings. This newly remastered video, presented in widescreen Ultrascope, features a scintillating, jazzy lounge music soundtrack and the original theatrical trailer.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cut! Cut! Cut!, April 16, 2000

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GG from SF (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alley Cats (DVD)

Don't bother with this! The movie had been cut to pieces in the transfer. The trailer at the end shows you how much is missing.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This movie was severely edited. It crippled the film, November 11, 1999

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Anthony J. Mottle (New Castle, Pa. U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Alley Cats (1965) (VHS Tape)

This movie which I had seen originally in 1995 was ahead of its time. It was sensual, erotic and far surpassed what we have today. The copy or remake was a complete disappointment as the erotic scenes were eliminated and the wide screen idea was a disaster. The trailer(still scenes) at the end of the movie would have you believe this vhs could have been remade using the original movie with full screen. I would suggest it be redone unedited and with full screen. Truly, the copy I have is a complete disappointment

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best Metzger I've seen, April 8, 2005

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Carl West (Falls Church, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alley Cats (DVD)

First of all, in response to one of the other reviews here, I don't see what's wrong with the wide-screen at all. I mean, they could've done pan and scan or some such thing, but why should they??

Secondly, I got the impression that the said cuts were probably made by censors back in the 60's, or the actual production or distribution company (in the 60's) for whom Metzger was working. The trailer included on the DVD does include some extra shots and stills, but we are talking about a trailer here... they were probably trying to cheat people into going to see the film by using a little bit of the juicier material which had been cut from the actual film. There are a couple of (very brief) censored nude shots included in the special features on the DVD (unfortunately none of these feature the alluring brunette Anne Arthur). The film would be a little bit more enticing with these shots edited back in, but it wouldn't make a tremendous difference...

Anyway, I quite enjoyed the film -- much more than Therese and Isabelle, which seems to be trying very hard to be the "serious" art film which it is not (I actually bought a copy of Therese and Isabelle, watched it twice, then threw it away because I thought it was so flat and pretentious...). The Alley Cats is a lot more sassy, and doesn't try to take itself seriously at all. Anne Arthur is extremely alluring too, much more than the vapid blondes who play the "seductresses" in the film. It is all PG13 type material with the nude scenes having been removed, but it's a naughty and fun film nonetheless.