The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

NR 1946 · 8 min · ★ 7.0 · Animation, Comedy, Mystery

While reading his favorite comic book, Daffy accidentally knocks himself unconscious and dreams he's Duck Twacy, famous detective, trying to solve the case of the missing piggy banks. Taking a streetcar (conducted by Porky Pig, in a non-speaking cameo role) to the gangsters' hideout, he meets up with such grotesque criminals as Pickle Puss, Eighty-Eight Teeth and Neon Noodle.

Directed by Robert Clampett · Written by Warren Foster

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  • Mel Blanc Daffy Duck / Duck Twacy / Wolf Man / Rubber Head / Neon Noodle / Pig

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