The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)

Directed by

Chuck Jones

Genre

comedy film, swashbuckler film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 88 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Daffy Duck stars in a swashbuckling parody where he plays a heroic adventurer. He gets caught up in a series of over-the-top antics alongside other Looney Tunes characters.

fast-pacedzanyparodicslapstickwhimsicalcleverself-awarecomedic

What happens

The Scarlet Pumpernickel is a 1950 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The cartoon was released on March 4, 1950, and stars Daffy Duck along with a number of other prominent Looney Tunes characters. The title is a play on the 1905 novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. In 1994 it was voted No. 31 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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