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Cast
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Daws Butler | ... |
Farmer (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
Tex Avery | ||
Dick Lundy | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
Heck Allen | ... | (story) |
Jack Cosgriff | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
Produced by
William Hanna | ... | co-producer (uncredited) |
Fred Quimby | ... | producer |
Music by
Scott Bradley |
Editing by
Jim Faris | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
Carman Maxwell | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jim Faris | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Animation Department
Robert Bentley | ... | animator |
Walt Clinton | ... | animator (as Walter Clinton) |
Michael Lah | ... | animator |
Ray Patterson | ... | animator |
Grant Simmons | ... | animator |
Ed Benedict | ... | character designer (uncredited) / layout artist (uncredited) |
Gene Hazelton | ... | character designer (uncredited) / layout artist (uncredited) |
Vera Ohman | ... | background artist (uncredited) |
Music Department
Scott Bradley | ... | musical director (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1954) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1954) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1954) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1954) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (35mm Print)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
As a Southern farmer wolf sits down to breakfast, a knock comes on his front door. Opening it, he finds a baby billy goat in a basket. A note with the cute little fella says that he eats anything. As if to prove the note's point, the little goat quickly begins to eat up almost anything in the farmer's home. The farmer tries to keep the little goat, whom he calls "Billy Boy", under control, but Billy continues to eat to his heart's desire. After a little while, the farmer tries to dispose of little Billy Boy, and, at one point, sends him off along a nearby railway with the little goat eating up one of the metal rails. The farmer then settles in for some sleep, only to awaken sometime later, to find Billy is back (and the house eaten by him). Nonchalantly, the wolf straps Billy to a rocket and fires it to the moon. All seems okay, until Billy Boy ends up eating the moon, plunging the cartoon into darkness. The wolf then lights a match, wishing the audience good night. |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Was originally created as a Barney Bear cartoon short, but it was reworked once Tex Avery returned from an absence at MGM, changing the protagonist from Barney Bear to the Southern Wolf. See more » |
Goofs | The windmill originally is shown next to the house, but in a later shot it is missing completely. [However, Billy ate the windmill.] After Billy eats the house, the formerly eaten windmill is now shown between the barns, not next to the house anymore. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Hello My BB (2021). See more » |
Soundtracks | Old MacDonald See more » |
Quotes |
Farmer:
Hey, Billy - break it up, son. See more » |