The Cats (Italian: I bastardi) is a 1968 crime film directed by Duccio Tessari, starring Rita Hayworth and Klaus Kinski.

[2] Actor Dan van Husen stated that the film is actually an Italian-Spanish co-production with the initial title being Los Gatos.

[2] The Cats was released in Italy as I bastardi on 30 October 1968 where it was distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

[1] The film grossed a total of 702,781,000 Italian lire on its theatrical run in Italy.

[1] A contemporary review in the Monthly Film Bulletin commented that the film was "no more than an updated Italian Western with all the familiar sadistic ingredients" and that "apart from a quite competently staged desert car chase, Duccio Tessari (who showed real flair in A Pistol for Ringo) directs as though he had never been behind the camera before"[4]