Officer Duck
{{short description|1939 Donald Duck cartoon}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Officer Duck
| image = Officer Duck (1939).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Clyde Geronimi
| story =
| animator =
| music =
| producer = Walt Disney
| studio = Walt Disney Productions
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1939|10|10}}
| color_process = Technicolor
| runtime = 7 minutes
| language = English
}}
Officer Duck is a Donald Duck short film which is produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released September 22, 1939 by RKO Radio Pictures.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/74/mode/2up |pages=74–76}} This cartoon marked the first appearance of Pete in a Donald Duck series cartoon.
Plot
Police officer Donald Duck is asked to capture a terrible criminal named Tiny Tom (Pete).
Donald starts his mission by finding Tom's decrepit house. Donald nervously tells Tom—who is much bigger and stronger than Donald—that he is under arrest. Tom angrily kicks Donald out.
Donald decides to use a different strategy by pretending to be an abandoned baby, and subsequently gains Tom's sympathy. When Tom spots handcuffs in the baby crib, Donald shakes them noisily, convincing Tom that the handcuffs are being used as a baby rattle. As Tom continues to play with Donald as if he were a baby, Donald repeatedly tries and fails to steal the gun from Tom's pocket.
Donald finally manages to handcuff Tom, and then tricks him into giving him the gun by throwing a tantrum. Donald removes his baby costume, revealing his police uniform. An enraged Tom, realizing that he has been tricked, chases Donald, and threatens to rip him into pieces. Luckily for Donald, a large group of police are marching by on parade, blocking the road. Tom turns around, followed by Donald and the rest of the marching police officers. Donald salutes proudly.
Voice cast
Home media
Legacy
The short is part of the direct-to-video anthology film Once Upon a Halloween (2005), where it is shown as a flashback.
Pete wears the same clothes from this short in the 2023 short film Once Upon a Studio.{{cite web |last1=Reif |first1=Alex |title=Disney's "Once Upon a Studio" – List of Characters in Order of Appearance |url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/disney-entertainment/disneys-once-upon-a-studio-list-of-characters-in-order-of-appearance/ |website=Laughing Place |date=October 16, 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|31744}}
{{Donald Duck in animation}}
{{Pete (Disney) in animation}}
{{Clyde Geronimi}}
Category:Films directed by Clyde Geronimi
Category:Films produced by Walt Disney
Category:1930s Disney animated short films
Category:Films scored by Paul Smith (composer)
Category:Donald Duck short films
Category:1939 animated short films
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