---
title: 'The Cat''s-Paw (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Taylor'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cats-paw-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024961/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cat's-Paw (1934)

1934 · 101 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Cat's-Paw is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and starring Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel and George Barbier. It was Lloyd's seventh and final collaboration with Taylor and the fourth of his seven starring roles in sound. It was distributed by Fox Film. The Cat’s Paw, a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, had appeared in the Saturday Evening Post from August 26-September 30, 1933, when Lloyd read it, and decided to buy the rights to it for $25,000.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Harold Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-lloyd), [Sam Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-taylor), [Clyde Bruckman](https://cinepixo.com/people/clyde-bruckman)
- **Producer:** [Harold Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-lloyd)
- **Director:** [Sam Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-taylor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bernard W. Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-w-burton)
- **Editor:** [Bernard W. Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-w-burton)

## Cast

- [Frank Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sheridan)
- [Billy Bletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bletcher)
- [James Donlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-donlan)
- [George Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barbier)
- [Una Merkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/una-merkel)
- [Nat Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-pendleton)
- [Edwin Maxwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-maxwell)
- [Chief John Big Tree](https://cinepixo.com/people/chief-john-big-tree)
- [E. Alyn Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-alyn-warren)
- [Grace Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-bradley)
- [Harold Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-lloyd)
- [J. Farrell MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-farrell-macdonald)
- [Grant Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/grant-mitchell)
- [Fuzzy Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/fuzzy-knight)
- [Warren Hymer](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-hymer)

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