#Quickdraw mcgraw movie

“In the wild and woolly west of old,” intones the only-around-for-the-opening narrator, “new towns sprang up overnight.” The words are accompanied by a bunch of false-fronted buildings jumping up out of the dirt in long shot. But the cartoon doesn’t rely on solely on chatter. This is the first cartoon made in the Quick Draw series and Maltese has all the major elements in place-western clichés, klutzy hero, punny side commentary by the sidekick (borrowed from Porky’s role in the Jones-Maltese Daffy opuses), narrator and characters talking to each other. With 26 Quick Draw cartoons to create in a relatively short period of time, a little borrowing from his earlier outings was inevitable, too.

#Quickdraw mcgraw movie

While he was there, he came up Yosemite Sam for Friz Freleng and showed his ear for parodying old movie western dialogue in one of Bugs Bunny’s best outings, ‘Bugs Bunny Rides Again’ (1948). It seems inevitable Maltese would be assigned to write the Quick Draw McGraw series when he arrived at Hanna-Barbera from Warners. And, in the end, the non-victorious Quick Draw. And, in the end, the non-victorious Daffy uses a broom to do so.Īnd so it is the declaration of Quick Draw McGraw in this cartoon, written by Mike Maltese. “I’m going to clean up this one-horse town!” Whoever first uttered this immortal phrase is perhaps lost to the ages, but animation history steadfastly reveals it was the declaration of one Daffy Duck in the Warners cartoon ‘Drip-Along Daffy’ (1951), written by Mike Maltese. Plot: Quick Draw McGraw goes after bank robber Grumble-Weed. Voice cast: Narrator, 1st Man, 3rd Man, Grumble-Weed, Bank Teller – Elliot Field 2nd Man, Quick Draw, Baba Looey – Daws Butler. Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Īnimation – Carlo Vinci Story – Mike Maltese Story Sketches - Dan Gordon Titles – Art Goble Production Supervision – Howard Hanson.