Donald’s Crime (1945)

by Linda Kay

Directed by: Jack King

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Short on cash for his date with Daisy, Donald Duck (voiced by Clarence Nash) steals the money from his nephews’ piggy bank then comes to regret the crime.

Cartoon Cat: After the date, Donald wanders the street as if in a film noir crime movie. He passes a black cat scrounging in a garbage can.

Donald's Crime - Donald Duck walking down street with black cat in garbage can
Donald's Crime - Donald Duck walking down street with black cat in garbage can

Moments later the sound of shots ring out and Donald runs for it. But it is simply the cat knocking light bulbs from the can to the ground where they explode.

Donald's Crime - black cat knocking light bulbs out of garbage can

Final Mewsings: Who knew cats were such good foley artists?

Many thanks to Wahrhaftig for letting us know about the cat in this short.

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