China Jones
| China Jones | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck and Porky Pig) series | |
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by |
Tom Ray George Grandpre' Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | William Butler |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | February 14, 1959 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Language | English |
China Jones is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, directed by Robert McKimson and released in 1959.
Plot
Daffy Duck is China Jones, an Irish private investigator working in the Far East. He finds a fortune cookie containing a call for help which stated: "Help. I am being held prisoner in a Chinese Bakery". and decides to investigate. This is actually a trap set by a vengeful criminal whom Jones had busted before. Several times throughout, Jones' assistant. Charlie Chung (Porky), a caricature for Charlie Chan reminds China Jones that he owes him a great deal of money, revealed at the end to be due to a large laundry bill. When Jones tells Chung "Confucius say, 'can squeeze blood from turnip!'", the latter threatens him with a club, telling him "Also say, 'B-better you press shirt than press luck!'" The last scene shows Jones being forced to work for Chung, as he speaks in "Chinese": "Help! - I'm being held prisoner in a Chinese Laundry!" (in reference to the earlier fortune).