Fritz The Cat

Fritz The Cat

April 12, 1972 Theatrical Fritz Productions

Studio
Aurica Finance Company, Black Ink, Fritz Productions, Steve Krantz Productions
Distributor
Cinemation Industries

Synopsis

A swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960s.

Characters

Fritz the Cat, Pig Cops

Credits

Directing

Director
Ralph Bakshi

Producing

Producer
Steve Krantz

Writing

Writer
Ralph Bakshi
Based on the Comic Strips by
Robert Crumb

Voices

Voice
Skip Hinnant (Fritz the Cat), Ralph Bakshi (Pig Cop #1 [uncredited]), Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry, Phil Seuling, Judy Engles (uncredited)

Music

Music
Ed Bogas, Ray Shanklin

Editing

Editor
Renn Reynolds

Production notes

The first X-rated animated feature film.

Soundtrack: "Bo Diddley," Written by Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel), Performed by Bo Diddley and Billy Boy Arnold; "Yesterdays," Written by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, Performed by Billie Holiday (vocal), Joe Newman (trumpet), Paul Quinichette (tenor sax), Oscar Peterson (piano/organ), Freddie Green (guitar), Ray Brown (bass) and Gus Johnson (drums)