Les Dalton en cavale (1983)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Directors:

Joseph Barbera
William Hanna

Writers:

Morris (comic) and
René Goscinny (comic) ...

Release Date:

30 September 1983 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Animation | Western

Plot Keywords:

Lucky Luke | Based On Comic | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jacques Balutin	...	(voice)
Roger Carel	...	Joe Dalton (voice)
Marion Game	...	(voice)
Bernard Haller	...	(voice)
Gérard Hernandez	...	(voice)
Perrette Pradier	...	(voice)
Jacques Thébault	...	(voice)
Pierre Tornade	...	(voice)
Pierre Trabaud	...	(voice)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:6 (f)

Company:

Dargaud Films

Movie Connections:

Follows Daisy Town (1971)

Soundtrack:

I'M A Poor Lonesome Cowboy

Exit stage left

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Having struck gold with the Smurfs, and after running out of variations on Scooby Doo, The Flintstones and real life TV properties, Hanna Barbara studios decided to gobble up the rights to more European comic books. So this "feature presentation" turns out to be nothing more than three episodes strung together. The cheap-o TV animation has everybody moving from left to right or right to left all the Do-Dah day and Lucky Luke is chewing on a straw instead of chain smoking.

The Dalton brothers escape from jail and head for Canada. On the way they change their names to the Jones brothers: Frank, Louis, Robert and Stupid. The Luckster is continually on their trail, with some help from that stupid dog Rataplan, complaining horse Jolly Jumper and useless character Col Pentegras of the royal Canadian mounties. Soon the Daltons are robbing Canadian banks like there is no tomorrow. This is strange, since their sole reason to migrate was so they would not be wanted for any crimes. They also forget to use their aliases as soon as they get there. No wonder double L finds them so easily.

Before you know it, were in the middle of the Ma Dalton episode and we get a Roadunner rip off. The repetitive animation and boring mis-en-scene is really starting to get annoying now and the perspective is all over the place. Furthermore the running gag with everyone repeating things from Lucky Luke's narration only worked once, not every ten minutes. Just thought I'd mention the sarcasm from the horse was never truly appreciated, Lucky Luke is a terribly bland character and only two out of four Daltons have personalities (but I suppose we can't blame Hanna Barbara for that). Of course Joe disguises himself as his own mum and lands them all back in jail before the start of the third episode.

By this time you can actually see the animation degrading in front of your eyes. Lucky visits Washintgton D.C. where some cookie senator instructs him to take four criminals (no prices for guessing who) on a rehabilitation trip. If they can keep out of trouble for a month, they will be set free. So, the Daltons start a bank (ha ha!) in Tortuila Gulch and as their only willing client, Lucky deposits 10 bucks. Soon the brothers four are framed by one off baddie Frank (while out fishing). To their disgust they are promoted to deputy's to track down the imposter's, but because Averell reads the calender wrong they end up in jail too

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