Box Car Bandit
Box Car Bandit | |
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Woody Woodpecker series | |
Directed by | Paul J. Smith |
Produced by | Walter Lantz |
Story by | Homer Brightman |
Voices by |
Grace Stafford Dal McKennon |
Music by | Clarence Wheeler |
Animation by |
Robert Bentley Les Kline Raymond Jacobs Art Landy |
Studio | Walter Lantz Productions |
Distributed by | Universal International |
Release date(s) | April 8, 1957 (U.S.) |
Color process | Technicolor |
Running time | 6' 15" |
Language | English |
Preceded by | Red Riding Hoodlum |
Followed by | The Unbearable Salesman |
Box Car Bandit is the 75th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on April 8, 1957, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International. Note the background for the title card is an actual boxcar with the title printed in big white letters on the boxcar side.
Plot
Woody is a worker aboard a train filled with "Gold Bullion". Dapper Denver Dooley hears this through listening a tapped telegram message and then goes to the train depot and picked up inside of a bag. When aboard the train, Dooley automatically threatens Woody with his gun. At first Woody is reluctant to tell him where the Gold Bullion is but finally tells him. Woody says that its "over there", which turns to be a trick causing Dooley to fall out and off the bridge. He then returns and Woody hides in a barrel as he lights the bullets on Dooley's belt causing him to shoot a circle around him and make him fall. He lands on the wheels and struggles balance but eventually slips and falls after Woody drops a banana peel down the hole. Dooley eventually catches up to the train and gets his hands on the gold bullion. The Gold Bullion eventually turns out be a soup brand and he is turned in to the police by Woody. In his cell, Dooley is served Gold Bullion by Woody which causes the bandit to go crazy.
Notes
The animation of Dooley going crazy in his cell was reused from Square Shootin' Square.
References
- Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1957". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.