Sugar And Spies

Sugar And Spies

November 5, 1966 Theatrical Series Looney Tunes

Studio
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

Wile E. Coyote gets a "spy kit" from a fleeing bandit and tries it out on the Road Runner. He tries sleeping gas, mailing a time bomb, a James Bond-type "spy car" and radar- guided rockets, but (as usual) all to no avail.

Characters

Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote

Credits

Directing

Director
Robert McKimson

Producing

Producer
David H. DePatie, Isadore Freleng (as Friz Freleng)

Writing

Writer
Tom Dagenais

Music

Music
Walter Greene

Art Department

Backgrounds
Tom O'Laughlin

Editing

Editor
Lee Gunther

Production notes

The last appearance of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner in a classic Warner Bros. cartoon.

The second (and final) Roadrunner short to be directed by Robert McKimson.

The only Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner cartoon with music scored by Walter Greene.

This was one of a number of DePatie-Freleng/Warner Bros. cartoons in the musical genre, with the music scored by Walter Greene. The musicals included Swing Ding Amigo, Feather Finger, Sugar and Spies, A Taste of Catnip, A Squeak In The Deep, and Daffy's Diner.

This was one of a number Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons to appear musical. The musicals included Hip Hip-Hurry!, Rushing Roulette, Sugar and Spies, and Hook, Line and Stinker.