Duck Amuck

Duck Amuck

A Merrie Melodie ~ Cartoon ~

NR 1953 · 7 min · ★ 8.1 · Animation, Comedy

The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

Directed by Chuck Jones · Written by Michael Maltese

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