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Cat Ballou

1965 · directed by Elliot Silverstein · 97 min
22,517 feet · Prominence
1,964th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $21m, re-releases included; about $217m in 2026 money.

Rank1,601 of 11,051In 19658 of 33

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise85

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards82 signal → +10 lift

Oscars1 won Actor3 nominated Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Adaptation or Treatment
Golden Globes1 won Actor2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs1 won Lead acting1 nominated Lead acting
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy30

Judged directly: Marvin's Oscar, comedy western forgotten.

Verdict30 of 100IMDb6.7 from 16kWikipedia9k views a monthAge61 years

Scored beside it · 2,486 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 62 praise 85 legacy 30averages 59, placing it at22,517 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Dwayne Hickman▲ Michael Callan

In these careers — elevation for this film

Lee Marvin19,988 ftJane Fonda19,585 ftDwayne Hickman17,969 ftMichael Callan17,937 ftJohn Marley17,883 ft