Down and Dirty Duck (1974)
"Cheap" (original title)

Willard, a mild mannered insurance adjuster, teams up with a foul-mouthed fowl who takes Willard on a surreal quest to become less uptight - and possibly get laid in the process.

Director:

Charles Swenson

Writers:

Howard Kaylan (additional story material), Robert Ridgely (additional story material),

Stars:

Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Robert Ridgely

Cast

Credited cast:
Howard Kaylan	...	Willard / Nego Lady / Side Hack Rider (voice)
Mark Volman	...	Duck / Side Hack Rider (voice)
Robert Ridgely	...	Car Salesman / Man at Bus Stop / Negro Gentleman / Big Fag / Police Officer / Tank (voice) (as Robert 'Bob' Ridgely)
Cynthia Adler	...	Lady in Car / Boss Lady / Small Dyke / Lady in Elevator (voice)
Walker Edmiston	...	Bus Driver / Jail Orator / Small Fag / Prospector / Mexican Official / President / Man in Elevator (voice)
Joëlle Le Quément	...	Land Lady / Lady at Bus Stop / Madam / Big Dyke (voice) (as Janet Lee)
Lurene Tuttle	...	Duck's Mother (voice)
Jerry D. Good	...	Transvestite Fag (voice) (as Jerry Good)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aynsley Dunbar	...	(voice)

Storyline

Willard, a mild-mannered insurance investigator, checks on the claim of an old woman, the owner of a tattoo parlor, who puts out a claim listing her as being dead. She tells him that her Ouija board gave her a message that she would be killed by a wizard. Willard tells her that she will not receive any money until she is dead, and, suddenly, she dies of a heart attack. Her will states that her killer would receive possession of her duck. The Dirty Duck takes Willard on a quest to experience in life to the fullest. First, they are both thrown in jail. Then, the two arrive at a house of ill repute in order to get Willard laid.

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Plot Keywords:

duck | cartoon duck | talking animal | crude humor | bestiality | 

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Taglines:

Madder Than Daffy Dumber Than Donald More Existential Than Howard!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Music

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Details

Official Sites:

Fred Wolf Films

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dirty Duck

Company Credits

Production Co:

Murakami-Wolf Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color Black and White (some sequences)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite the alternate title, this film has no connection whatsoever with the comic strip character "Dirty Duck", created by Bobby London.

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Quotes

[song lyrics]
Flo & Eddie: Liz, Mary or Louise - They'll get down on their knees. Or, Sydney the dyke, Uh, what would you like? We're here to please. June, Cindy or Jeanine Or, all three might be a scene. It's all up to you, a Negro, a Jew For you to screw.

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Crazy Credits

The end credits were handwritten (possibly by Charles Swenson), and feature many spelling errors. (I.E. 'nego,' meaning 'NEGRO'; 'dyke' is spelled 'dike'; etc.)

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Connections

References 200 Motels (1971)

User Reviews

Highly offensive....which is good....

Flo & Eddie of The Turtles and Zappa fame perform the songs and voice the main characters of this pretty good animated film. It's short, coming in at barely over an hour, but it's effective in it's animation style (the animation over still photos and clip art) and funny for a number of reasons. Highly sexual, satirical and slapstick. Also highly offensive, especially when it comes to race; as evidenced by the subway pimp that the main character encounters.Set to a lamentably unavailable soundtrack, it's surreal animation sequences more than make up for any lulls or inferred rip-offs. This is a better film than 200 Motels, that's for sure. And who can fault a movie that opens with the song lyric "This whole movie is a giant piece of sh*t..."?