Duck Pimples

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Duck Pimples
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jack Kinney
Story by Virgil Partch
Dick Shaw
Produced by Walt Disney
Starring Clarence Nash
Billy Bletcher
Mary Lenihan
Harry E. Lang
Jack Mather
Doodles Weaver [1]
Music by Oliver Wallace
Animation by Andy Engman
Hal King
John Sibley
Milt Kahl
Fred Moore (uncredited)
Al Bertino (uncredited)
Marc Davis (uncredited) [1]
Layouts by Don DaGradi
Backgrounds byNino Carbe
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • August 10, 1945 (1945-08-10)
Running time
7:44
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Duck Pimples is a 1945 animated whodunit short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. [2] The cartoon parodies radio crime stories and film noir dramas.

Contents

Plot

On a dark and stormy night, Donald Duck attempts to relax by listening to serials on the radio, but the shows playing on each station are dark and disturbing. Turning off the radio, Donald is met at the door by an intimidating looking man who turns out to be a traveling book salesman. The salesman disappears, but leaves behind numerous books. Donald begins to read a crime novel.

As Donald reads, he finds the book manifesting into his living room. The world of the novel surrounds Donald, and he finds himself the prime suspect in the story's thievery and kidnapping plot, having to navigate numerous colorful characters. Donald ultimately finds himself back in his living room, where a voice tells him it was all just his imagination.

Censorship

Scenes where Donald is threatened with a knife and the detective is threatened with an axe were at one time cut, [3] but have been restored for the VHS release and DVD release.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946 . [4]

Reception

Cartoon Brew called Duck Pimples "the creepiest Disney short ever made" and its animation a "top-drawer work". [5]

Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 "Disney's "Duck Pimples" |".
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Duck Pimples". The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Chronological Donald Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Amid Amidi (October 31, 2014). "HAPPY HALLOWEEN: "Duck Pimples"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.


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