Dime to Retire
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{{Infobox film
|name=Dime to Retire
|image=
|caption=
|director=Robert McKimson
|story=Sid Marcus
|animator=Robert McKimson
Keith Darling
|background_artist=Richard H. Thomas
|layout_artist=Robert Givens
|starring=Mel Blanc
|music=Milt Franklyn
|distributor=Warner Bros. Pictures
|studio=Warner Bros. Cartoons
|released={{Film date|1955|09|03}}
|color_process=Technicolor
|runtime=
|language=English
}}
Dime to Retire is a 1955 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=277}} The cartoon was released on September 3, 1955, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/60/mode/2up |pages=60–62}}
Plot
Daffy Duck, acting as a shady hotel-keeper, tricks traveler Porky Pig into staying at his hotel for a dime. He then orchestrates a series of disturbances using animals, charging Porky increasingly exorbitant fees to remove them. It starts with a mouse, escalates to a cat, and spirals out of control with a boxer dog, lion, and elephant, going full circle with the mouse again. Each eviction fee climbs higher until Porky is fed up and leaves without paying. In retaliation, Daffy insists on impounding Porky's luggage.
In retaliation, the backfire from Porky's car inadvertently sets off explosives in his luggage (he's a blasting powder salesman), causing an explosion in Daffy's hotel. As Daffy's tailfeathers catch fire, he dashes away.
Home media
Dime to Retire is included in the Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl DVD, presented uncensored and uncut, albeit cropped to widescreen as seen in its theatrical release. It is also featured on the VHS release, Daffy Duck: Madcap Mania.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0047996}}
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{{Porky Pig in animation}}
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Category:Films directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Animated films set in hotels
Category:1950s Warner Bros. animated short films
Category:Films scored by Milt Franklyn
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:English-language short films
Category:1955 animated short films
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