The Night Watchman
- Studio
- A Vitaphone Production
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
The kitten's father, Thomas Cat, gets sick, so he is enlisted to watch the kitchen. When the mice find out that he's the one on duty, they try to take over.
Characters
Little Tommy Cat, Thomas Cat, Mice
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Chuck Jones (as Charles Jones)
Producing
- Producer
- Leon Schlesinger
Writing
- Writer
- Ted Pierce
Animation
- Animator
- Ken Harris
- Animators, uncredited
- Phil Monroe, Ben Washam, Keith Darling, Rod Scribner, Robert McKimson
- Effects Animator, uncredited
- A.C. Gamer
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Thomas Cat, Little Tommy Cat "Quiet" yell, Mice), Bernice Hansen (Little Tommy Cat, uncredited), The Sportsmen Quartet (Vocalists, uncredited)
Music
- Music
- Carl W. Stalling
Crew
- Character Designer, uncredited
- T. Hee
- Background Supervisor, uncredited
- Art Loomer
Production notes
Chuck Jones' first Warner Bros. short as a director. In his new role, he timed the picture, finalized all the writing, produced over 300 layouts, and directed the art design, music, sound effects and animation.
Up to 5,000 animation drawings were used for this cartoon.
The cat watchman is remarkably similar in voice, character and design to Sniffles the mouse, who would appeared a year later in Naughty But Mice.
Up to 5,000 animation drawings were used for this cartoon.
The cat watchman is remarkably similar in voice, character and design to Sniffles the mouse, who would appeared a year later in Naughty But Mice.
