For John Hoppe, On poisoned milk I'm sure you'll know already about Hitchcock's SUSPICION. On killed cat (not accidentally) a Peter O'Toole film called ROGUE MALE, I think. Murray Pomerance On Thu, 6 Oct 1994, J. Hoppe wrote: > Don't know if this quite fits, but in Ridley Scott's _Alien_ and James > Cameron's _Aliens_ the crew's cat "Jonesy" is central to the suspense and > fear of several scenes. And the way Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) values and > protects the cat, it could be read as a sort of child-figure (especially > in light of the maternity themes that are central in _Aliens_). > > John Hoppe > English/grad student > U. Iowa > > On Thu, 6 Oct 1994, Tony Williams wrote: > > > From: Tony Williams > > English > > SIUC > > Help needed with the following examples either from films by the same > > director or any director. > > 1. Films where a cat is accidentally killed or murdered. > > 2. A cat is substituted for a kidnapped baby in its cradle. > > 3. Doll substituted for kidnapped child. > > 4. Poison milk. > > Any help appreciated. Thanks, Tony Williams. > > >