The Adventures of Inspector Crane and Mr. Rabbit is a 1949 animated package film produced by Michael Shires Productions and released by Republic Pictures.
Plot[]
The movie is split into 2 stories: Uncle Wiggly and The Legend of Inspector Crane.
Uncle Wiggly[]
Mr. Rabbit’s horse, Crozokus gets injured on the way to Uncle Wiggly’s house, so he has to walk, but Skeezicks warns him about the predictor named Woozy Wolf.
The Legend of Inspector Crane[]
A lady named Kathrine Von Till assigns Inspector Crane to solve a case about a headless hairy dog after hearing Boom Bones’ story.
Voice Cast[]
- Danny Kaye as Noisy the Alien
- Paul Wing as Narrator (Uncle Wiggily)
- Eric Blore as Uncle Wiggily
- Colin Campbell as Mr. Rabbit
- Campbell Grant as Skeezicks
- Claude Allister as Bazumpus
- J. Pat O'Malley as Crozokus
- John McLeish as Woozy Wolf
- William Hanna as Inspector Crane (uncredited)
- Harry E. Lang as Inspector Crane's Horse (uncredited)
- Clarence Nash as the Headless Hairy Dog (uncredited)
- Frank Sinatra as Himself, Narrator, Boom Bones, Singer (The Legend of Inspector Crane)
Songs[]
- Happily Going Anywhere - Mr. Rabbit and Crozokus
- Inspector Crane’s on the Case - Frank Sinatra
- Kathrine Von Till - Frank Sinatra
- The Headless Hairy Dog - Boom Bones
Credits[]
- Directors: James Kenny, Robert Stevens, Gerry Chiniquy, James Anderson, Wilfred Jackson
- Story: Walt Hulett, Ken Armstrong, Tom Oliver, Tom Oreb, Mike Beck, Dick Howard, Dick Kenny, Ernest Peters
- Character Animators: Bill Charles, Bob Johnson, J.W. Williams, Harold Foster, Ed Augustin, Harold King, Harold Anderson, Fred Michaels, Cliff Nordberg, Don Towsley, Rudy Larriva, Bob Cannon, Pat Matthews, James Stevens, Henry Thomas
- Effects Animation: Graeme Rowley, Don MacManus, John Brown
- Layout: Kevin Kinney, Karl Karpe, Charles Phillips, Henry Hennesy, Ron Graham, McLeonard Stewart, Thomas Patterson, Al Zimmer
- Color and Styling: Doug DeGuard, Clarence Chase, John Hathcock, Mary Spargo
- Background: Art Rogers, Ray Hartshorne, Ray Hellmann, Mike Core, Bruce Michaels, Dick Anderson
- Musical Director: Paul Steck
- Orchestrations: James Dietrich
- Production Supervisor: Bert Stevenson
- Sound Director: C.O. Stevens
- Sound Recording: Robert Crissman, Harold J. Steck
- Process Effects: Bert Gilbert
- Music Editor: Al Thomas
- Live-Action Photography: Winton C. Hoch, A. S. C.
- Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
- Assoicate: Morgan Padelford, Mitchell Kovaleski
- Animation Camera: Gene Moore (uncredited), Jack Stevens (uncredited)
- Songs by Clarence Wheeler, Frank Cosgrove, Al Hoffman, Mack David, Jerry Livingston