Box Car Bandit

Box Car Bandit
File:Boxcar-title.jpg
Directed by	Paul J. Smith
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Animation by	Robert Bentley Les Kline Raymond Jacobs Art Landy
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal International
Running time	6' 15"
Country	United States

Box Car Bandit is the 75th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on April 8, 1957, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International. Note the background for the title card is an actual boxcar with the title printed in big white letters on the boxcar side.

Plot

Woody is a worker aboard a train filled with "Gold Bullion". Dapper Denver Dooley hears this listening through a tapped telegram message and then goes to the train depot and picked up inside of a bag. When aboard the train, Dooley automatically threatens Woody with his gun. At first Woody is reluctant to tell him where the Gold Bullion is but finally tells him. Woody says that its "over there", which turns to be a trick causing Dooley to fall out and off the bridge. He then returns and Woody hides in a barrel as he lights the bullets on Dooley's belt causing him to shoot a circle around him and make him fall. He lands on the wheels and struggles balance but eventually slips and falls after Woody drops a banana peel down the hole. Dooley eventually catches up to the train and gets his hands on the gold bullion. The Gold Bullion eventually turns out be a soup brand and he is turned in to the police by Woody. In his cell, Dooley is served Gold Bullion by Woody which causes the bandit to go crazy.

Notes

The animation of Dooley going crazy in his cell was reused from Square Shootin' Square.

References

• Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1957". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.