Private Eye Pooch

Private Eye Pooch
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by Paul J. Smith
Produced by Walter Lantz
Story by Michael Maltese
Homer Brightman
Milt Schaffer
Voices by Grace Stafford
Dal McKennon
Music by Clarence Wheeler
Animation by Robert Bentley
Herman Cohen
Laverne Harding
Gil Turner
Art Landy
Studio Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by Universal International
Release date(s) May 9, 1955
Color process Technicolor
Running time 6' 05"
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by Witch Crafty
Followed by Bedtime Bedlam

Private Eye Pooch is the 61st animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on May 9, 1955, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.

Plot

Professor Dingledong the taxidermist school instructor is about to teach his students "how to stuff a woodpecker in one easy lesson." For this purpose, he goes to a jail-like room with cells, and from one of these cells, he picks Woody. Escaping the nutty taxidermist's clutches, Woody is pursued by an unforgettable private eye, Strongnose the bloodhound. The remaining cartoon deals with the bloodhound's attempts to capture Woody, and with Woody's frustration of same. The chase leads through a hollow log, a railroad tunnel, a lumber yard, an ice machine and a door factory, and finally, back to the taxidermy school, where the instructor threatens to stuff the bloodhound for his failure. Woody intervenes, and he and Strongnose team up and lock up the professor, with plans to stuff him.

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