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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 6-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Paul Frees
Muscles / Muscle Cat (voice) (uncredited)
William Hanna
Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- William Hanna
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts 🍿
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ERA
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75 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Scott Bradley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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CAST
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Paul Frees and William Hanna carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0043685 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 53 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
William Hanna directs. Scott Bradley scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 6-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 275 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Original score by Scott Bradley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Paul Frees and William Hanna carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0043685 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 53 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Original score
- Scott Bradley
- Runtime
- 6 min · 0h 6m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- NR
Also by
William Hanna
Community reviews
What people are saying
- CinemaSerf★ 6/10
With “Tom” in possession of what looks like a lifetime’s supply of dynamite, “Jerry” is besieged in his home and so sends for his no-nonsense cousin “Muscles”. He is a veritable terror when it comes to dealing with errant cats, so within five seconds of arrival he has firmly put “Tom” in his place. Determined to fight back, he enlists the help of some allies - or ought that to be “alleys” - of his own, but what chance they can defeat this formidable, bowler-hatted, champion? I’m usually a big fan of T&J but I didn’t like this one so much. It’s just too one sided. Most of them have an ebb and flow to them, even if “Jerry” always edges it in the end. Here, I just found myself feeling a little sorry for the cat. It’s a quickly paced, end-to-end, story with plenty of pyrotechnics and wreckage for the insurance man to sort out, but this wasn’t my favourite.
Production companies
Who made it
- MG
MGM Cartoon Studio
US
Key crew
- ProducerFred Quimby
- AnimationRay Patterson
- AnimationEd Barge
- AnimationKenneth Muse
- AnimationIrven Spence
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1951-04-07NR
Also known as
International titles
- Tom & Jerry: Jerrys kusinSE
