The Two Mouseketeers

The Two Mouseketeers (1952)

Tom, a castle soldier in 16th century France, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table. Jerry and a smaller mouse companion, two wandering "mouseketeers", make the situation miserable for Tom as they abscond with (and occasionally eat) all the food they can.

Date of release
1952-03-15
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (78)
Runtime
8m
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Adventure
Director
Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Three Musketeers
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

The Two Mouseketeers is a 1952 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 68th Tom and Jerry short, produced in Technicolor and released to theaters as early as January 27, 1952 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The short is a spoof of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Three Musketeers and its film adaptations, featuring the mice Jerry and his best friend, Nibbles as the "Mouseketeers" trying to raid the French king's banquet table, which is protected by Tom as a guard.

Production

Directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

Animation by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, and Irven Spence

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