In the film, the immature challenging cat named Danny comes to 1939 Hollywood with the song inside his heart, dancing moves around his feet, & a dream of becoming a movie star. While he gets there, he learns that he potty become there are no a portion otherwise a stereotypic cat roles by using "meow" being his sole line. Sustaining his friends, including the discouraged female dancer turned secretary known as Sawyer, he sets bent on vary that situation. But, Darlthe Dimple, a child star, is too retired to ensure that the gang might never acquire that risk & be a threat to her career.

A film features a voices of Scott Bakula and Jasmine Guy, and was a directorial debut of previous Disney animator Mark Dindal. These are as well notable for Gene Kelly's contributions as choreographer; it was his final film project. A film's 1939 setting allowed it to parody a Golden Age of Hollywood, and it features caricatures of Mae West, Laurel & Hardy, W.C. Fields, Cary Grant, King Kong, and Toto from The Wizard of Oz. A art & directing styles of a film reflect the influence of 1930s/1940s cartoon makers such as Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, and a creative person at a Fleischer Studio.

Although ''Cats Don't Dance was critically acclaimed, it was the casualty of the Turner/Time Warner merger: it was released around 1997 forgoing fanfare & failed to draw an audience. It did substantially better once mass produced available for rediscovery a as a result seasin on home video.

Preceding the feature within theaters was a freshly produced Looney Tunes short featuring Foghorn Leghorn, Pullet Surprise''.