Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
Practical Effects
Multiple cats trained for baseball stadium chaos
Acting
Ray Milland selling every ridiculous line
Writing
Gags that somehow land in 2024
Director
Arthur Lubin
Ray Milland
Eric Yeager
Jan Sterling
Polly Sickles
Gene Lockhart
Thaddeus J. Banner
William Frawley
Len Sickles
Taylor Holmes
P. Duncan Munk
Willard Waterman
Orlando Dill
Henry Slate
Dud Logan
James Griffith
Ogelthorpe Meadows
Donald MacBride
Pheeny
Hal K. Dawson
Mr. Fisher
Brooks Benedict
Dill's Lawyer #1 (uncredited)
Billie Bird
Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film used 14 different orange tabbies; one became so attached to Ray Milland he took it home.
Released during baseball's golden era, it satirized the sport's obsession with luck and curses decades before the Billy Goat.
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