The Duck Doctor

The Duck Doctor

February 16, 1952 Theatrical Series Tom and Jerry

Studio
MGM
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Synopsis

Tom is duck hunting, and he wings a little duckling that can't quite keep up with the flock. Jerry gets to the fallen duck before Tom, bandages his wing, and shelters him from Tom as he keeps running out to join his flock.

Characters

Tom, Jerry, Little Quacker, Pig

Credits

Directing

Director
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera

Producing

Producer
Fred Quimby

Animation

Animator
Irv Spence, Ray Patterson, Ed Barge, Ed Muse

Voices

Voice
Red Coffee (Little Quacker)

Music

Music
Scott Bradley

Production notes

Tom dies in this cartoon! (He digs his own grave, smokes a final cigarette and then is crushed by a falling anvil.)

One of five Tom and Jerry cartoons in which Tom dies at the end (the others are "The Yankee Doodle Mouse," "Safety Second," "Mouse Trouble" and "The Two Mouseketeers").

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