Cat's Paw

Cat's Paw
Lobby card.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 15, 1959
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	John W. Burton
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	George Grandpré Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder Tom Ray
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
Series navigation
← Previous	Next →
Title card

Cat's Paw is the three hundred and ninety-seventh Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 15, 1959. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by John W. Burton and directed by Robert McKimson.

To help his son earn a cat scout bird stalking merit badge, Sylvester goes to capture a baby eagle. However, the baby is none other than a dwarf eagle, who turns out to be a dangerous species for the cat.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Sylvester Jr.	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Southwestern mountain desert

Objects

• Bird book
• Large boulder
• Butterfly net
• Paper bag with "THE END" on the back

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 15, 1959 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• While the title states to be a play on "cat's paw," it appears to primarily been a play on "cat's feat" and "cat's feet", with the paw being considered the feet of a cat.
• This short marks the first instance where Sylvester and Jr. appear together without Hippety Hopper.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester and Hippety Hopper; Marsupial Mayhem