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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

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 original titles restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Disc 4 DVD set.

Voice cast

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

^ "Chuck Jones' "The Night Watchman" (1938) |".
^ 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.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 32. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.

External links

The Night Watchman at IMDb

[1] "Chuck Jones' "The Night Watchman" (1938) |".

[Beck-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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