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The Night Watchman (1938 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Night Watchman' is a 1938 Warner Bros. 'Merrie Melodies' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on November 19, 1938.
This short is the first film directed by Chuck Jones after he was promoted from an animator (where he was under Fred Avery and Robert Clampett's units).
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 its original opening and ending titles restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Disc 4.
Voice cast
*Mel Blanc as Hoodlum Rats, Tommy Cat (when he screams to the rats to quiet down)
*Margaret Hill-Talbot as Tommy Cat
*The Sportsmen as the singing rat quartet
References
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