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The Fifth-Column Mouse (English Subtitled)
Cartoon
The cartoon features a band of mice who engage in war against a cat.
This is a wartime propaganda film, with the cat symbolizing the Axis powers. A single mouse represents the fifth column, working for the cat and suggesting an appeasement policy.
Movie Info
Directed by: I. Freleng
Story by: Michael Maltese
Produced by: Leon Schlesinger
Starring: Mel Blanc
Music by: Carl W. Stalling
Animation by: Ken Champin
Color process: Technicolor
Production company: Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: March 6, 1943
Running time: 7 minutes
Language: English, English Subtitled
Country: United States
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