Duck Pimples
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJack Kinney
Story byVirgil Partch
Dick Shaw
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringClarence Nash
Billy Bletcher
Mary Lenihan
Harry E. Lang
Jack Mather
Doodles Weaver[1]
Music byOliver Wallace
Animation byAndy Engman
Hal King
John Sibley
Milt Kahl
Fred Moore (uncredited)
Al Bertino (uncredited)
Marc Davis (uncredited)[1]
Layouts byDon DaGradi
Backgrounds byNino Carbe
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • August 10, 1945 (1945-08-10)
Running time
7 minutes 44 seconds
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Duck Pimples is a 1945 animated whodunit short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.[2] The cartoon parodies radio crime stories and film noir dramas.

Plot

Donald Duck's imagination, enhanced by scary stories on the radio and in books, moves him into a seemingly real crime world, which ultimately turns out to be imaginary. Donald's dream is enhanced by the backgrounds that abruptly change each time a new character appears in it.

Scenes where Donald is threatened with a knife and the detective is threatened with an axe were at one time cut,[3] but have been restored for the VHS release and DVD release.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.[4]

Reception

Cartoon Brew called Duck Pimples "the creepiest Disney short ever made" and its animation a "top-drawer work".[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Disney's "Duck Pimples" |".
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Duck Pimples". The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Chronological Donald Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Amid Amidi (October 31, 2014). "HAPPY HALLOWEEN: "Duck Pimples"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
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