Bugs and Thugs
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Bugs and Thugs is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.<ref name=Beck>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Efn The short was released on March 13, 1954, and stars Bugs Bunny, with Rocky and Mugsy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The film is a semi-remake of the 1946 cartoon Racketeer Rabbit. It is also the first Warner Bros short to feature Milt Franklyn as a musical director.
In the film, Bugs mistakes the getaway car of a bank robber for a taxi and enters it uninvited, being taken hostage as a result.
Plot
Bugs Bunny walks through a city park reading a newspaper about rabbit hunting season. After grabbing a carrot from his bank's safe deposit box he ends up in a getaway car with Rocky and Mugsy who have just robbed a bank. While stopped at a gas station Bugs calls the police. Rocky and Mugsy's car breaks down after getting hit by a train. They go to a hidden safe house where Bugs outwits them before the police arrive where Rocky and Mugsy beg to be taken away. Bugs then becomes a private detective.
Reception
Jerry Beck writes, "A remake of director Friz Freleng's earlier crime classic Racketeer Rabbit (1946), which featured caricatures of Edward G. Robinson and Peter Lorre as the gangsters, Bugs and Thugs is faster and funnier, has a great modern design (thanks to Hawley Pratt's layouts), and introduces two great new foils — Rocky and Mugsy — for Bugs Bunny."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Home media
Bugs and Thugs is available on the following DVDs:
The short was also available to stream on HBO Max in some territories until March 2025.
The short is also part of the Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and iTunes releases of Goodfellas as a part of a Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes bonus features compilation that also includes Racketeer Rabbit.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cast
- Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Rocky, Mugsy and police officers
See also
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- 1954 films
- 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films
- 1950s heist films
- American heist films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Films scored by Milt Franklyn
- Bugs Bunny films
- Cultural depictions of Edward G. Robinson
- 1950s English-language films
- Films about bank robbery
- Rocky and Mugsy films
- Films with screenplays by Warren Foster
- Films produced by Edward Selzer
- English-language short films
- English-language crime films
- 1954 animated short films