The Cat Came Back (1988 film)

The Cat Came Back
Directed byCordell Barker
Written byCordell Barker
Based onThe Cat Came Back
by Harry S. Miller
Produced byRichard Condie
Cordell Barker
StarringRichard Condie
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Buena Vista Pictures (theatrical)
Release date
  • 22 June 1988 (1988-06-22)
(with Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Cat Came Back is a 1988 Canadian short animated comedy film by Cordell Barker, produced by fellow award-winning animator Richard Condie in Winnipeg for the National Film Board of Canada. It is based on the children's song "The Cat Came Back" by Harry S. Miller. It was in UK theaters with Touchstone's Who Framed Roger Rabbit.[citation needed]

In May 2017, the NFB and Canadian publisher Firefly Books adapted the film as a children's book.[1]