"A Pluto Cartoon"

Release Date March 16, 1945

Synopsis

Pluto is assigned to guard a ship at port from intruders, and is almost bested by a sly wharf rat.

Characters

Pluto

Credits

Director : Charles Nichols

Animators

George Nicholas

Norman Tate

Marvin Woodward

Jerry Hathcock

Ed Aardal

Story : Eric Gurney

Music : Oliver Wallace

Layout : Bruce Bushman

Background : Claude Coats

Videos

United States

Canine Commando

Italy

Paperino Marmittone

DVD

Disney Treasures : The Complete Pluto Volume 1

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #31 : The Unseen Disney

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Jerry Edwards : While guarding the ship, Pluto has a conflict with a wharf rat who is determined to steal the galley's food. Pluto is tempted to eat some of the food himself and is thrown into the brig when it appears Pluto is the food thief. The rat, carrying a huge sandwich stolen from the galley, is departing the ship on one of the ropes tying the ship to the dock and laughs at Pluto's imprisonment. Pluto gets the last laugh when he violently shakes the rope and sends both the rat and the sandwich falling into the water.

Well done, but not a fan of Pluto cartoons in general.

From Ryan : One of my favorite Pluto shorts. I enjoy the part where Pluto walks over to a lifeboat and uncovers it, thinking there are intruders in it. He sees that it's only his private stash of bones. I really dislike the rat that sneaks into the captain's quarters to get food. I even more dislike the fact that Pluto, who is trying to stop the rat, gets blamed for stealing the captain's food and gets locked in the ship's prison. The rat, however, gets what he deserves. When Pluto sees him walk across the rope by the dock, he wiggles it, causing the rat to slip on some mustard that he spilled from his sandwhich. The rat falls into the water. Pluto laughs in a similar way that Mickey did in "Steamboat Willie" when he threw the potato at the annoying parrot.

From Baruch Weiss : This short is OK but it is not one of my favorites.

I have seen "Dog Watch" and would like to
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