The Night Watchman (1938 film)

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The Night Watchman
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Directed by Charles Jones
Story by Ted Pierce
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Starring Mel Blanc
Margaret Hill-Talbot
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Milt Franklyn
Animation by Ken Harris
Robert McKimson
Phil Monroe
Rod Scribner
Ben Washam
Keith Darling
A.C. Gamer [1]
Layouts byGriff Jay
Backgrounds byArt Loomer
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • November 19, 1938 (1938-11-19)
Running time
7:19
LanguageEnglish

The Night Watchman is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. [2] The short was released on November 19, 1938. [3]

Contents

This short is the first film directed by Chuck Jones after he was promoted from an animator.

Plot

A feline watchman gets sick, so his kitten son is enlisted to watch the kitchen. When the gangland-style rats find out that he is the one on duty, they try to take over.

Home media

The Night Watchman is available with original titles restored on Disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 DVD set.

Voice cast

References

  1. ↑ "Chuck Jones' "The Night Watchman" (1938) |".
  2. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 80. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 32. ISBN   979-8-88771-010-5.


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