Lucky Number (film)

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Lucky Number
Lucky Number poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jack Hannah
Written byNick George
Bill Berg
Produced by Walt Disney
Starring Clarence Nash
Music by Paul Smith
Animation by Bill Justice
Bob Carlson
Volus Jones
George Kriesl
Blaine Gibson (effects)
Layouts by Yale Gracey
Backgrounds byThelma Witmer
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • July 20, 1951 (1951-07-20)
Running time
6:30
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Lucky Number is a 1951 Donald Duck cartoon featuring Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. [1]

Contents

Plot

Donald Duck owns and runs a Filling station. His nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie (aged to teenagers in this short) [2] are busy working on their car when a radio station announces the winning numbers of a lottery for a new Zoom V-8 car. Frustrated that his ticket is not a winner, Donald leaves the garage. Immediately thereafter, however, the radio announcer corrects an error, resulting in Donald's ticket indeed having the winning numbers. Instead of telling the news to their uncle, the trio decide to pick up the car to surprise him.

The nephews do not make it far as their car is out of gas, and they push it back to Donald's station. Upon seeing they have no money, Donald pushes their car away. The boys use a cutout of a Zoom V-8 from a nearby billboard to disguise their car, and one of the boys dresses up as a comely woman, tricking Donald into fueling up their car. When he realized what happened, Donald is enraged. The trio rush to the radio station to pick up the car, and the station calls Donald about his nephews having a surprise for him. Upon returning to the gas station, a still angry Donald believes the car the boys are in is another trick, and proceeds to destroy it. The radio announcer then congratulates Donald by name, making him realize in horror what he has foolishly done.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on November 11, 2008, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Four: 1951-1961 . [3]

References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2024). Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Ultimate History. Taschen. p. 442. ISBN   978-3-8365-5280-6.
  3. "The Chronological Donald Volume 4 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 20, 2021.