Bunco Busters | |
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Woody Woodpecker series | |
Directed by | Paul J. Smith |
Produced by | Walter Lantz |
Voices by |
Grace Stafford Dal McKennon |
Music by | Clarence Wheeler |
Animation by |
Robert Bentley Herman R. Cohen Gil Turner |
Backgrounds by | Art Landy |
Studio | Walter Lantz Productions |
Distributed by | Universal International |
Release date(s) |
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Color process | Technicolor |
Running time | 6' 08" |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Preceded by | Square Shootin' Square |
Followed by | The Tree Medic |
Bunco Busters is the 64th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on November 21, 1955, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.
Captain Haddock from the Bunco Squad (Dal McKennon) serves as narrator, telling the viewing audience about "The Case of the Gullible Woodpecker." Woody (Grace Stafford) inherits a fortune and Con-man Buzz Buzzard (McKennon) decides to use every trick he can to swindle him out of his new wealth (including using a phony treasure map). Woody gets it back in the end when Buzz crashes through the ceiling and lands in a filing cabinet in the office of Captain Haddock, who "closes the file" on the case.
Bunco Busters contains one of the most memorable quotes in the Woody Woodpecker canon: