I echo all the other sentiments written about the show, Robert Loggia, the premise and the music. BUT...I believe one of the drawbacks was the fact that it was only a half hour, while most "crime" dramas back then were a full hour.

I was about 9 when I watched this. I don't think I missed many episodes, but would love to see this sleeper series return to DVD. The skill of direction, delivery, and music were superbly prepared for that time, and would still hold my interest today! I agree with the earlier poster that it captivated me. I can still see images of T.H.E. Cat entering a structure in his cat burglar ninja-sleek outfit. I imagine my heart skipped a few beats too. I think the program aired on Friday nights. I can remember sitting in front of the living room television eating dinner instead of having to come to the table. I would love to know how many episodes were created and how many aired.

Please, if anyone has information on how to get copies of the Cat program, please contact me ASAP. This was my Favorite show. It took me YEARS just to find this site.(Just got computer) I have lost money betting that this program did exist,have been laughed at and finally told that it was just my childhood imagination. THANKS & God Bless

In his role as Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat, Robert Loggia was undoubtedly the coolest hero of the television 60's. A retired second-story man, Cat undertook missions in which he used his acrobatic skills to their best advantage. NBC advertised the program as a "high tension adventure series you can really sink your claws into," and it was just that.Probably drawing on his earlier portrayal of the cat-like Elfego Baca, an acrobatic western Disney character, the athletic Loggia apparently did a lot of his own stunts in the series. He was everything an adolescent boy of the time could aspire to: he wore a cool black outfit while on the prowl; he drove a cool black 'Vette; he carried a dagger-like knife referred to in one episode as "The Cat's Claw," which he could throw with unerring accuracy; he was, of course, irresistable to women; and he hung out between missions at the Casa del Gato (House of the Cat), a cafe owned by his gypsy friend Pepe, played to the suave hilt by Robert Carricart. The only other recurring character was the one-handed police Captain McAllister, played by the marvelous R.G. Armstrong.The original jazz score by Lalo Schifrin (sort of a flute- accoustic bass-drum trio number) set just the right mood for this dark series -- and Shifrin went on to compose for Mission Impossible!Television later picked up on the theme of using a reformed crook as a hero, notably with Robert Wagner in "It Takes a Thief" and "Switch." But Loggia was the original in this short-lived but lamented series.