The Cactus Kid (1930)

Name: The Cactus Kid
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Western, Kids & Family
Released: 1930-04-11

Running Time

April 11, 1930
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Plot.

Mickey walks into the tavern where Minnie is dancing, and begins to dance and play piano himself. Pegleg Pete comes in and treats Minnie badly. Mickey tries to defend her, but Pete steals her away. Mickey, riding Horace Horsecollar, gives chase. He manages to throw Pete off a cliff.

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Cast & Crew.

Walt Disney

Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited) / Director

Marcellite Garner

Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Count Cutelli

Horace Horsecollar

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Details.

Release Date
April 11, 1930

Status
Released

Running Time
7m

Genres
Animation Comedy Western Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-02-01

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

The Cactus Kid is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on May 10, 1930, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the eighteenth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the third of that year.

The cartoon's cast includes Mickey, Minnie Mouse as a cantina waitress, Peg-Leg Pete as the villain Peg-Leg Pedro, and Horace Horsecollar as Mickey's horse.

This short features a number of notable firsts and lasts: it is the first short with Marcellite Garner as the voice of Minnie Mouse, and the first time in a Mickey Mouse cartoon that Pete has a peg-leg. It is also the last short directed by Walt Disney for the next five years.