Roman Legion-Hare

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Roman Legion-Hare
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-second 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

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Bugs Bunny Mel Blanc
Roman Legion Sam Mel Blanc
Emperor Nero Mel Blanc
Roman Guard Mel Blanc


Locations

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 on "Roman Legionnaire."
  • Emperor Nero 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".

Legacy

Critical reception

In other languages

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