Am not the biggest of fans of Mighty Mouse, just to get that out of the way. Pleasant enough if limited and not always used very well. His cartoons, 80 between 1942 and 1961 (though he was first named Super Mouse for the first seven, until 'The Lion and the Mouse'), were quite mixed and followed a formula that tended to be on the repetitive side. Some were pretty good, others were very weak. Most of them were in between of those, mostly of the watchable but average distinction.
1950 was another very inconsistent year for Terrytoons, though not one of the most inconsistent. With the Heckle and Jeckle (the best of the studio's theatrical series) cartoons from that year being among the best and the worst being those with non recurring characters. The year was less dominated by Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle compared to previous years and the 1950 Mighty Mouse cartoons varied. 'Law and Order', which could have done more with an interesting idea, is a long way from being one of the worst and is closer to being one of the better ones from that year.
'Law and Order' falls short of greatness. Despite how it sounds on paper, with the use of the radio program, actually sounded like quite a unique concept for the Mighty Mouse series, the execution of what sounded like a unique concept was pretty ordinary. Meaning with the odd embellishment here and there, it was just another typical Mighty Mouse versus cats battle. Very watchable certainly but very formaulaic stuff.
Mighty Mouse himself is likeable and resourceful enough, but this is another case of being in two minds as to whether he served a point to this story when the mice versus cats battle was not too badly executed without him there. When he does turn up, it became a different cartoon so it did feel a little like two cartoons in one. An entertaining different cartoon no doubt but there was a bit of a disjointed feel. The mice themselves are bland and have very little to do.
However, a lot works really well. The music however is the usual lush and characterful self for the studio's output. Also excelling in enhancing everything going on between the cats and mice and especially in the final third. The animation is equally great in quality, especially the backgrounds and landscapes where the atmosphere evoked is to be admired greatly.
Gag count isn't low, particularly in the final third, and they are very amusing though not surprising. There is a suitable amount of dread at times without being too dark and never traumatising, helped by that the cats are fun and suitably antagonistic characters. The final act entertains and excites.
Overall, decent if unexceptional. 6/10.