Thugs with Dirty Mugs (1939)
- Directed by
- Tex Avery
- Genre
- comedy film, crime film, family film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A cartoon parody of gangster movies. It follows a comical criminal named Killer Diller as he goes on a crime spree.
fast-pacedslapstickparodiccampyzanydarkly comicwhimsical
What happens
Thugs with Dirty Mugs is a 1939 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery. The short was released on May 6, 1939. The title is derived from the Warner Bros. 1938 acclaimed feature film Angels with Dirty Faces. It is similar to Avery's later MGM crime/detective-oriented cartoon Who Killed Who? (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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