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Hopalong Casualty (1960)

Hopalong Casualty poster
Directed by
Chuck Jones
Genre
animation, comedy, family
Country
United States
Runtime
6 min
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Wile E. Coyote uses elaborate traps and gadgets to try to catch the Road Runner in the desert. Each attempt backfires on the coyote in a new way.

slapstickfast-pacedcartoonishfrustrateddeadpanwhimsicalperpetual motionminimalist

What happens

Hopalong Casualty is a 1960 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical animated short, directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on October 8, 1960, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. The title is a play on the Hopalong Cassidy western series of books written by author Clarence E. Mulford. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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