Pullet Surprise

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Pullet Surprise
Pullet surprise.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed by Darrell Van Citters
Story byStephen Fossati
Darrell Van Citters
'Dean Wellins
Produced by Chuck Jones
Linda Jones Clough
Stephen A. Fossati
Starring Frank Gorshin
Stan Freberg
Edited byJulie Ann Lau
Music byCameron Patrick
Dominick Certo
J. Eric Schmidt
Animation byTom Decker
Patrick Gleeson
Dean Wellins
Duane Gretsky
Bill Snelgrove
Claude Raynes
Greg Whittaker
Warren O'Neill
Herman Sharaf
Cory Wilson
Joe Achorn
Edy Benjamin
Munir Bhatti
John Hinshelwood
Martin Hopkins
Maurice Noble
Backgrounds byJill Petrilak
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • March 26, 1997 (1997-03-26)
Running time
6:54
LanguageEnglish

Pullet Surprise is a 1997 Looney Tunes short released in theaters with Cats Don't Dance . It was produced by Chuck Jones Film Productions. [1]

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Plot

Pete Puma attempts to steal from Foghorn Leghorn's henhouse. Foghorn outwits Pete by sending him on wild goose chases for exotic chickens, including a Venezuelan Racing Chicken and an Irish Wrestling Chicken. Despite Foghorn's tricks, Pete manages to snatch a chicken. Foghorn retaliates by tricking Pete into a trap, but is ultimately defeated by a real Irish Wrestling Chicken.

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