The Cuckoo
- Studio
- G-B Animation, J Arthur Rank Company
- Animation studio
- David Hand Productions
- Distributor
- Rank Organisation, General Film Distributors Ltd., International Entertainment Enterprises
Synopsis
When a baby hedge-sparrow is pushed out of the nest by his cuckoo-chick 'brother' he falls prey to the wily weasel, who pops him into a cauldron of soup. He is accidentally rescued by the gluttonous cuckoo whose only concern is supping the soup himself.
Characters
Cuckoo, Baby Cuckoo, House Sparrow, Weasel
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Bert Felstead
Producing
- Producer
- David Dodd Hand
Writing
- Writer
- Reg Parlett
- Story Supervision
- Ralph Wright
Animation
- Animator
- Frank Moysey, John Wilson, Stan Pearsall, Arthur Humberstone
Voices
Music
- Music
- Henry Reed
Crew
- Set Design
- John F. Reed, Pete Banks, Bettina Hansford, Jeff Martin, George Hawthorn
Production notes
The first- and zaniest- of the Animaland cartoons.
Although the characters in this film are anonymous, they were subsequently named: Cocky, Birdie and baby Chirpy Sparrow; Cooky Cuckoo; Willy Weasel.
Although the characters in this film are anonymous, they were subsequently named: Cocky, Birdie and baby Chirpy Sparrow; Cooky Cuckoo; Willy Weasel.