USA, 1945
8m
35mm film, “in Technicolor”, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American animated fantasy film directed by Friz Freleng using the name I. Freleng. It marked the first appearance of Yosemite Sam.
Plot Summary
Bugs Bunny helps foil a train robbery attempted by Yosemite Sam, “the meanest, toughest, rip-roarin’-est, Edward Everett Horton-est hombre what ever packed a six-shooter!”
Credits
Crew
Direction: I. Freleng [real name: Friz Freleng.[/mfn]
Copyright MCMXLV [1945] by the Vitaphone Corp.
Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. present a Warner Bros. cartoon
Story by: Michael Maltese
Animation: Manuel Perez, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Gerry Chinquy
Background and Layout: Paul Julian, Hawley Pratt
Musical Direction: Carl W. Stalling
Voices
Mel Blanc
Links
Extracts included in
Behind the Tunes: Blanc Expressions (2003)
Behind the Tunes: Bugs: A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003)
Behind the Tunes: Crash! Bang! Boom!: The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown (2004)
Behind the Tunes: Short Fuse Shootout: The Small Tale of Yosemite Sam (2003)
Bugs Bunny Classics (1989)
Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948)
Stupor Duck (1956)
Toonheads: The Lost Cartoons (2000)
References
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.184 – credits
