Speedy Gonzales

Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series
Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Cartoon Characters: Speedy Gonzales, Other Mice, Sylvester.
Directed By Isadore Freleng.
Produced By Edward Selzer.
Animated By Gerry Chiniquy, Ted Bonnicksen, Art Davis.
Written By Warren Foster.
Awards: Academy Award Winner, Best Short Subject (Cartoon), 1956.
Originally Released on September 17, 1955.
Originally Released Theatrically.
Running Time: 6:12 minutes.
Color
U.S.A.
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Cartoon Summary:

Speedy comes to the aid of a starving band of Mexican mice who live right across the border from a cheese factory. Sylvester is guarding the border. Speedy gets... (more)

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When the hero Speedy arrives on the scene, Carl Stalling re-uses his popular fanfare theme from "Bully... (more)

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Speedy Gonzales
Comments By: dingdog

Not quite the cream of the Speedy crop, in my book (that honor goes to Freleng's follow-up, "Gonzales' Tamales"), but great fun nonetheless.....the unique thing about this film is that it's staged much like a bullfight.
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Speedy Gonzales
Comments By: dingdog

Well done all around (though I really prefer "Gonzales Tamales). High Point Of Animation: the ending, with Art Davis's rendering of Sylvester banging his head against the... (read more)

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Speedy Gonzales
Comments By: damfine

Stop-frame the animation of Speedy just before he confronts Sylvester. To a lay-person it is simply well done, but to a student of animation it is breath-taking.

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