pixrox1 Review of Landing Stripling

Landing Stripling (1962)

When you view the Evil Bird flapping into . . .

[8/10 · 21 November 2022]

. . . the life of Tom the All-American Cat, pay close attention to the hue of this dirty birdie's helmet and boots. That's right, this nefarious feline fracturing fright is decked out in the scarlet shades of the Red Commie KGB propagandists, who had lured beloved Tom Terrific director Gene Val Gene behind the Iron Curtain to churn out a baker's dozen of pictures the Pullet Bureau hoped would shift American sympathies away from Tom the Timid Tabby toward Jerry the Vicious Vermin. During LANDING STRIP's epic battle of Good versus Evil, Jerry and the Commie bird conspire to denude Tom from his navel on down. But Gene the Valiant clearly telegraphs to viewers which side of their bread should be buttered, assuming that they want to remain Free.