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24 April 1973 (USA)
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Chester Cricket gets trapped inside a picnic basket and transported from his home in Connecticut to the middle of New York City...
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(in credits order) | Mel Blanc | ... | Tucker the Mouse (voice) |
 | Les Tremayne | ... | Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat / Father / Music Teacher (voice) |
 | June Foray | ... | Mother (voice) |
 | Kerry MacLane | ... | Mario Bellini (voice) |
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| Chuck Jones | |||
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| Chuck Jones | screenplay | |
| George Selden | book "The Cricket in Times Square" | |
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| Joseph Aidlin | .... | associate producer | |
| John Allen | .... | associate producer | |
| Chuck Jones | .... | producer | |
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| Dean Elliott | |||
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| Hank Gotzenberg | |||
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| Oscar Dufau | |||
Production Management | |||
| Don Foster | .... | production manager | |
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| Garth Williams | .... | illustrator: original book | |
Animation Department | |||
| Hal Ambro | .... | animator | |
| Mary Cain | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| George Nicholas | .... | animator | |
| Manuel Perez | .... | animator (as Manny Perez) | |
| Phil Roman | .... | animator | |
| Irven Spence | .... | animator (as Irv Spence) | |
| Irv Wyner | .... | background artist | |
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| Israel Baker | .... | musician: violin solo | |
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| Ted C. Bemiller | .... | production coordinator (as Ted Bemiller) | |
| Mary Roscoe | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Connie Sherman | .... | assistant to producer | |
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- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1973) (USA) (TV)
- Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
- Cine Camera camera
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Chuck Jones' 1973 adaption of the George Sheldon children's novel about a braunswager eating cricket named Chester, who accidentally gets trapped in a picnic basket and ends up taking residence in a news stand owned by a impoverished Italian family and starts playing Beethoven with his wings, which sound like a violin. Featuring the voice of Warner Brothers' cartoon great Mel Blanc as Tucker the Mouse.
Four Stars