The Sleepwalker (1942 film)
| The Sleepwalker | |
|---|---|
 Pluto is walking in his sleep. | |
| Directed by | Clyde Geronimi |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Pinto Colvig |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | July 3, 1942 (USA) |
Running time | 7 min (one reel) |
| Language | English |
The Sleepwalker is a
Wonder Dog (1950), becoming Pluto's recurring love interest.[2]
Plot
Dinah the Dachshund (in her first cartoon appearance), watching from a hole in a fence also wants the bone too, so she closes up and carefully pulls Pluto's bowl which contains the bone away from him and to herself. Pluto's tongue detects that the bone is gone before he wakes up and is shocked to see that Dinah is licking his bone. Furious, Pluto chases after Dinah through the neighbourhood starts sleepwalking
and, while in this state, gives his bone to Dinah the Dachshund, but every time he wakes up, he cannot seem to understand how Dinah got a hold of his bone and wants it back.
Voice cast
- Pluto: Pinto Colvig
Releases
- 1942 - theatrical release
- c. 1992 - Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #42 (TV)
- c. 1992 - Donald's Quack Attack, episode #43 (TV)
- 1997 - The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.12: "The Many Loves of Pluto" (TV)
Home media
The short was released on December 7, 2004, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto: 1930-1947.[3]
Additional releases include:
- 1981 - "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume One" (VHS)
References
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ISBN 978-0786863365.
- ^ "The Complete Pluto Volume 1 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
External links
- The Sleepwalker at IMDb
.svg){kind=small} | This article about a Disney animated film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |