Roman Legion-Hare
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| Roman Legion-Hare | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | November 12, 1955 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Arthur Davis |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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Roman Legion-Hare is a three hundred and fifty-fifth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on November 26, 1955. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.
When Emperor Nero runs out of victims to feed to his lions, he sends Roman Legion Sam, Captain of the Roman Guard, to find a victim to feed to the lions. That's when he decides that Bugs, being the only person left in Rome, would make the victim.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: Well, like the Romans always say, E Pluribus Uranium.
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Rome (54 A.D.)
- Apian Freeway
- Roman Coliseum
Objects
- Appian Highway sign
- Detroit Lions Advertisement
- Limo-like Chariot
- Roman Chariot
- Club
- Lion's Cell Release Valve
- Alarm clock on a string
- Stilts
- Tools: Saws and an Axe
- Nero's violin
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: November 12, 1955 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun of 'Roman Legionnaire'.
- The Emperor Nero of this short is a caricature of actor Charles Laughton, who played him in 1932's The Sign of the Cross.
- The lions in this cartoon previously appeared in the 1955 Merrie Melodies short, Tweety's Circus, which Freleng also directed.
- This was the first cartoon to use the 1954-55 outro sequence with the 1955-56 intro sequence.
- This was the first cartoon for Freleng to be credited as Friz Freleng instead of "Isadore Freleng" or "I. Freleng".
Everlasting Influence
- Parts of this film were re-used in the 1963 Merrie Melodies short, Devil's Feud Cake as well as The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.
- Roman Legion Sam is used as a toon persona in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
