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Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)

Tortoise Beats Hare poster
Directed by
Tex Avery
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Bugs Bunny races against a turtle named Cecil. The turtle uses clever tricks to stay ahead.

fast-pacedwittyplayfulcomedicsillyanimated

What happens

Tortoise Beats Hare is a Merrie Melodies short film directed by Tex Avery and released on March 15, 1941. The short, loosely based on Aesop's fable The Tortoise and the Hare, stars Bugs Bunny and, in his first appearance, Cecil Turtle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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