Quack Shot
Quack Shot | |
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Directed by | Robert McKimson |
Story by | Phil DeLara |
Produced by | Edward Selzer |
Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan (uncredited) |
Music by | Carl Stalling |
Animation by | Rod Scribner Phil DeLara Charles McKimson Herman Cohen |
Layouts by | Robert Givens |
Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | October 30, 1954 | (original release) July 19, 1969 (Blue Ribbon reissue)
Running time | 6:30 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Quack Shot is a 1954 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert McKimson.[1] The cartoon was released on October 30, 1954 as part of the Merrie Melodies series, and stars Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd.[2]
Plot[]
Elmer Fudd is duck hunting at a lake when he shoots a young duckling which falls into his boat. As Elmer examines it, Daffy Duck pops out of the water and grabs the duckling from Elmer. Daffy then bandages the duckling and places it into the lake. Daffy then warns Elmer "If you shoot one more duck, just one more duck, you will be in trouble!!" Elmer then proceeds to shoot Daffy at point-blank range, which removes Daffy's scalp, and again as he jumps back in the lake, removing his tail feathers. Daffy decides that it is time to declare war.
Daffy then uses various tricks to prevent Elmer's repeated attempts at hunting. Usually, these tricks end up backfiring on Daffy, with one exception when Daffy launches a miniature toy battleship at Elmer's boat, its real guns shoot Elmer in the face after he retrieves the boat from the water. After Daffy tries to pull a few more pranks, Elmer ties him up with rope and sends him out into the lake on a boat filled with explosives. The boat heads out into the lake but then circles back toward the pier where Elmer is standing. As the boat returns toward the pier, Daffy manages to jump into the lake. The boat then explodes at the precise moment that it returns to the pier where Elmer is standing.
Elmer, wrapped in bandages, decides that he is going to try fishing instead. After he catches a miniature red-striped barracuda, a larger barracuda emerges from the lake, releases the smaller fish, and threatens Elmer against catching any more fish. Daffy then emerges from underneath Elmer's hat and utters the words "strong union" before happily hopping away on the water.
References[]
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 266. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60-62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- English-language films
- 1954 films
- 1954 animated films
- 1950s American animated films
- 1950s animated short films
- 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films
- American films
- Merrie Melodies short films
- Films featuring Daffy Duck
- Films featuring Elmer Fudd
- Films directed by Robert McKimson
- Films scored by Carl Stalling
- 1950s English-language films
- Merrie Melodies stubs