War and Pieces

War and Pieces
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	June 6, 1964
Run time	6:40
Starring	Paul Julian
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie
Music composed by	Bill Lava
Story by	John Dunn
Animation	Ken Harris Richard Thompson Bob Bransford Tom Ray
Director(s)	Chuck Jones Maurice Noble (Co-Director)
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War and Pieces is a 1964 Looney Tunes Short.

Wile E. Coyote is ever on the hunt for Road Runner, but one of his attempts causes him to end up in another foreign land and he encounters a Chinese Road Runner.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Road Runner Chinese Road Runner	Paul Julian
Wile E. Coyote	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Southwest desert
  • Asia
    • China

Organizations

Acme

Objects

• Grenade
• Archer's Bow with Rope and pullies
• hydraulic compressor activated by an motion-sensing electric eye
• Acme Invisible Paint
• Booby-trapped Peep Show Project, loaded with a hunter's shotgun
• Fake "Secrets of a Harem" Peep Show Projector
• Grappling Hook
• Doodlebug Rocket

Music

The music was scored by Bill Lava.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 6, 1964 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• This was Chuck Jones' final cartoon before he left Termite Terrace. He would not return until 1979 to help out with some TV Specials.
• This short was also the last Road Runner cartoon of the golden era of classic cartoons to use Latin names.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3