The Cactus Kid (1930)

Directed by

Walt Disney

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Mickey Mouse has a run-in with the villain Peg-Leg Pedro in a dusty cantina. Minnie Mouse works there as a waitress and Horace Horsecollar is Mickey's horse.

fast-pacedplayfulcomiclightheartedwhimsicalenergeticslapstick

What happens

The Cactus Kid is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on May 10, 1930, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the eighteenth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the third of that year. The cartoon's cast includes Mickey, Minnie Mouse as a cantina waitress, Peg-Leg Pete as the villain Peg-Leg Pedro, and Horace Horsecollar as Mickey's horse. This short features a number of notable firsts and lasts: it is the first short with Marcellite Garner as the voice of Minnie Mouse, and the first time in a Mickey Mouse cartoon that Pete has a peg-leg. It is the final Mickey Mouse cartoon directed by Walt Disney. It is also the last short directed by Walt Disney for the next five years. Due to being published in 1930, the cartoon entered the public domain on January 1, 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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