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Another Disney film about a cougar?? Another wannabe True-Life Adventure?? Sigh…let’s just get this over with! Read on for my review of the Jerome Courtland-directed Run, Cougar, Run!
And remember, SPOILERS AHEAD!
As the credits open with the song, Let Her Alone, we’re introduced to the female cougar aka panther aka puma aka mountain lion aka catamount, Seeta.
She lives in the Utah wilderness with her mate and three kittens. It’s not long, however, when a hunter named Hugh McRae, played by Stuart Whitman, comes to town seeking to hunt mountain lions. He questions the local shepherd, Etio, played by Alfonso Arau, regarding mountain lions in the area. Etio informs Hugh about Seeta, but tries to dissuade him from hunting her by telling him that she has three kittens. This doesn’t dissuade Hugh though.
As Hugh goes after Seeta, he ends up killing her mate leaving Seeta to take care of her three kittens herself. She does her best to protect them from predators in the wild as well as to provide food for them.
Hugh continues to go after Seeta, but now with a hunting party, played by Frank Aletter, Lonny Chapman, and Harry Carey Jr.. They reside at the camp of Joe Bickley, played by Douglas Fowley, who provides them with food, supplies, and shelter during their stay.
In the end, they do capture Seeta, but Etio pleads to them once more not to kill Seeta as that would mean killing her three kittens too. Etio then frees Seeta who returns back to the wilderness while Hugh’s hunting dogs chase her. She manages to escape their clutches and hopefully resume a long, safe life with her kittens.
And that was Run, Cougar, Run! Wow, was this movie boring! I really hate these wannabe True-Life Adventures! Much of the film is just watching the cougars in the wild; the human characters might have just as well been written out. I mean, every so often we see Etio singing and the hunters talking amongst themselves, but it’s very rarely!
The message isn’t a bad one, but this film just feels like an incredible waste of a film!
So, my final score for this film is 9/35 = 25.71% (F) !
The next review will be posted on March 5, 2024.
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I think Let Her Alone might be the worst song out of any Disney movie. Except maybe the one from Herbie Goes Bananas. Maybe.
They would definitely make top 5!