The Night Watchman (1938 film)

The Night Watchman
Directed by	Charles Jones
Story by	Ted Pierce
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Mel Blanc Margaret Hill-Talbot
Music by	Carl W. Stalling Milt Franklyn
Animation by	Ken Harris Robert McKimson Phil Monroe Rod Scribner Ben Washam Keith Darling A.C. Gamer[1]
Layouts by	Griff Jay
Backgrounds by	Art Loomer
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	November 19, 1938 (1938-11-19)
Running time	7:19
Language	English

The Night Watchman is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.^[2] The short was released on November 19, 1938.^[3]

This short is the first film directed by Chuck Jones after he was promoted from an animator.

Plot

A feline watchman gets sick, so his kitten son is enlisted to watch the kitchen. When the gangland-style rats find out that he is the one on duty, they try to take over.

Home media

The Night Watchman is available with original titles restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Disc 4 DVD set.

Voice cast

• Mel Blanc as Hoodlum Rats, Thomas Cat, Thomas's father^{[citation needed]}
• Margaret Hill-Talbot as Thomas Cat^{[citation needed]}
• The Paul Taylor Group as the singing rat quartet^[4]

References

1. "Chuck Jones' "The Night Watchman" (1938) |".
2. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 80. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
3. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
4. Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 32. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.

External links

• The Night Watchman at IMDb