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Tortilla Flaps (1958)

Tortilla Flaps poster
Directed by
Robert McKimson
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Speedy Gonzales goes about his day in a Mexican village. This short cartoon follows him without the usual conflict with a cat.

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What happens

Tortilla Flaps is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson, released on January 18, 1958. It stars Speedy Gonzales, and is one of the few shorts during the Golden Age of American Animation where he is not put at odds with a cat. The title is a play on John Steinbeck's 1935 novel Tortilla Flat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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