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The Night Watchman (1938 film)

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The Night Watchman
Directed byCharles Jones
Story byTed Pierce
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Margaret Hill-Talbot
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Milt Franklyn
Animation byKen Harris
Robert McKimson
Phil Monroe
Rod Scribner
Ben Washam
Keith Darling
A.C. Gamer[1]
Layouts byGriff Jay
Backgrounds byArt Loomer
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner 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]

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

Plot

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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

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

Voice cast

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  • Mel Blanc as Hoodlum Rats, Thomas Cat, Thomas's father
  • Margaret Hill-Talbot as Thomas Cat
  • The Paul Taylor Group as the singing rat quartet[4]

References

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  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 6 June 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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