Because of the Cats, released theatrically in the UK as The Rape, is a 1973 Dutch-Belgian drama film directed by Fons Rademakers and starring Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Stewart, Sylvia Kristel and Sebastian Graham Jones.
The film's Dutch title was Niet voor de poezen. It was based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling in the Van der Valk series.
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Plot
In Amsterdam, Inspector Van der Valk is on the trail of a group of wealthy young men who go round attacking women for entertainment.
Cast
Bryan Marshall as Inspector van der Valk
Alexandra Stewart as Feodora
Sebastian Graham Jones as Jansen
Anthony Allen as Erik Mierle
Ida Goemans as Carmen
Nicholas Hoye as Kees van Sonneveld
Sylvia Kristel as Hannie Troost
Delia Lindsay as Ms. Maris
Edward Judd as Mierle
Roger Hammond as Maris
Derek Hart as Kieft
Guido de Moor as Marcousis
Lous Hensen as Mevr. Van Sonneveld
George Baker as Boersma
Liliane Vincent as Mevrouw Kieft
Production
Sylvia Kristel revealed that the nude swimming scene was very difficult to film. "It was February and the temperature was 40 degrees below freezing. I had to walk into the North sea, very gracefully, I must say. There were six other girls in the shot and they all fainted. But not me," she said.