Art Carney won a Best Actor Oscar for this tale about the cross-country odyssey of a displaced old man and his marmalade cat. Shirley: Ellen Burstyn. Sam: Chief Dan George. Jessie: Geraldine Fitzgerald. Eddie: Larry Hagman. Wade: Arthur Hunnicutt. Burt: Phil Bruns. Norman: Josh Mostel. Ginger: Melanie Mayron. Rivetowski: Herbert Berghof. Paul Mazursky directed.