The Framed Cat

1950 · Approved · 7min · English

Tom filches a drumstick from a fresh-baked chicken. When Mammy is about to discover him, he hands it off to Jerry; this lets him be a hero to Mammy and still get his chicken. Jerry is miffed, and sees his chance to retaliate: Spike is very possessive of his bone. Jerry keeps stealing the bone and planting it on Tom. Finally, Jerry bores a hole in the bone, inserts a b...

IMDb rating - 7.6/10 from 823 users

Genres - Animation · Short · Comedy · Family

Director - Joseph Barbera · William Hanna

Story line - Tom filches a drumstick from a fresh-baked chicken. When Mammy is about to discover him, he hands it off to Jerry; this lets him be a hero to Mammy and still get his chicken. Jerry is miffed, and sees his chance to retaliate: Spike is very possessive of his bone. Jerry keeps stealing the bone and planting it on Tom. Finally, Jerry bores a hole in the bone, inserts a bolt, and gets Tom to swallow a magnet. The bone keeps coming back to Tom, even through a fence. Finally, as Tom runs off followed by Spike, Jerry, who's been hiding in a tin can, is also dragged along. —Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>

Release date - October 21, 1950 (United States)

Countries of origin - United States

Also known as - Tom und der Keulendieb

Production company - Loew's · MGM Cartoon Studio · Quimby-Hanna/Barbera