Cats Don't Dance

Cats Don't Dance
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed by	Mark Dindal
Screenplay by	Roberts Gannaway Cliff Ruby Elana Lesser Theresa Pettengill
Story by	Rick Schneider Robert Lence Mark Dindal Kelvin Yasuda Brian McEntee David Womersley
Produced by	David Kirschner Paul Gertz
Starring	Scott Bakula Jasmine Guy John Rhys-Davies
Edited by	Dan Molina
Music by	Steve Goldstein
Production companies	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Turner Feature Animation Warner Bros. Feature Animation David Kirschner Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (United States and Canada) Turner Pictures Worldwide Distribution (International)
Release date	March 26, 1997 (1997-03-26)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$32 million[1]
Box office	$3.5 million[1]

Cats Don't Dance is a 1997 American animated musical comedy film directed by Mark Dindal (in his feature directorial debut).^[2] The film features the voices of Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Matthew Herried, Ashley Peldon, John Rhys-Davies, Kathy Najimy, Don Knotts, Hal Holbrook, Betty Lou Gerson (in her final film role), René Auberjonois, Dindal, and George Kennedy.

The film's musical numbers were written by Randy Newman and includes the contributions of Gene Kelly as choreographer, before his death in 1996. The film was Kelly's final film project and is dedicated to his memory. It is the only fully animated feature produced by Turner Feature Animation, which was merged during the post-production of Cats Don't Dance into Warner Bros. Feature Animation after the merger of Time Warner with Turner Broadcasting System in 1996.

Cats Don't Dance was released in the United States and Canada on March 26, 1997, by Warner Bros. under its Family Entertainment label. It was a box-office failure, grossing $3.5 million domestically due to lack of promotion. Despite this, the film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its animation, humor, characters, voice performances, and musical numbers.