Pluto's Judgement Day
Pluto's Judgement Day is a Mickey Mouse cartoon released theatrically in 1935. Although labeled a Mickey cartoon, the main star is Pluto.[3] It was the 78th short film in the Mickey Mouse series to be released, the seventh of that year.[4]
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Directed by | David Hand |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Starring | Billy Bletcher Pinto Colvig Walt Disney Clarence Nash |
Music by | Frank Churchill Leigh Harline |
Animation by | Dick Lundy Hamilton Luske Fred Moore Bill Roberts Bob Wickersham Clyde Geronimi Ward Kimball Hardie Gramatky[1] |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | United Artists RKO Radio Pictures (Reissue) |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot summary
Pluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap, causing a lot of mess in Mickey's house. Mickey angrily scolds Pluto for his cruel attitude towards cats, adding that he will have "plenty to answer for on (his) judgement day" if he keeps this up. Mickey then goes off to wash the kitten while Pluto falls asleep in front of the fireplace. During Pluto's sleep, he dreams of being lured into a hell ruled by cats where he is chained and put on trial for all his crimes against cats (getting one flattened by a steamroller, severely traumatizing a cat with his barks, and scaring the uncle of three young kittens into a river, causing his death in the process), much to his complete distress. He was eventually found guilty and is about to be burned alive by the angry cats, but he wakes up after some hot cinder strikes his rear from the fireplace. Pluto rushes off into the tub where Mickey is cleaning the kitten, who licks Pluto in the nose. Developing a new appreciation for cats, Pluto makes up with the kitten by licking him affectionately, much to Mickey's delight.
Voice cast
- Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse
- Pinto Colvig as Pluto
- Billy Bletcher as Cat Prosecutor
- Clarence Nash as the kitten & Cat Judge[5]
Releases
- c. 1977 – The Wonderful World of Disney episode #5: "Halloween Hall o' Fame" (TV)
- 2001 – Mickey Mouse in Living Color (DVD)
See also
References
- http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/disneys-plutos-judgement-day-1935/
- Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
- "Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)". IMDb. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- Hischak, Thomas S. (2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786462711.