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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.