Box Car Bandit

Box Car Bandit
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
Color process Technicolor
Running time 6' 15"
Country United States
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 listening through 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.
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