Shinbone Alley (1970)
1h 25m
Running Time
June 26, 1970Release Date
Plot.
Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write poetry, using a typewriter, and begins to enjoy his new life. Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but self-destructive cat Mehitabel, but will have to fight to win her from bad-boy tomcat Bill.
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Cast & Crew.
Carol Channing
Mehitabel (voice)
Eddie Bracken
Archy (voice)
Alan Reed
Big Bill (voice)
John Carradine
Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
Hal Smith
Freddie the Rat / Prissy Cat (voice)
Joan Gerber
Penelope the Fat Cat / Ladybugs of the Evening (voice)
Sal Delano
Beatnik Spider (voice)
Ken Sansom
Rosie the Cat (voice)
Byron Kane
Newspaperman (voice)
George Kleinsinger
Songs / Music / Original Music Composer
Joe Darion
Lyricist / Author / Screenplay / Writer
Preston M. Fleet
Producer
Don Marquis
Author / Writer
Warner E. Leighton
Editor
Mel Brooks
Author / Writer
David Detiege
Associate Producer / Production Design / Continuity
John Wilson
Producer / Director
John Bruno
Animation
James Bernardi
Production Design / Layout
Corny Cole
Production Design
Jules Engel
Production Design
Gary Lund
Production Design / Animation
Sam Cornell
ProductionDesigner
James L. Aicholtz
Sound Engineer
Ted C. Bemiller
Camera Operator
Gene Borghi
Camera Operator
Wally Bulloch
Camera Operator
Frank Andrina
Animation
Alvaro Arce
Layout
O.B. Barkley
Animation
Tom Baron
Layout
Bob Bemiller
Animation
Bob Bransford
Animation
Brad Case
Animation
Rudy Cataldi
Animation
Barbara Detiege
Animation
Marsha Gertenbach
Animation
Fred Grable
Animation
Jim Hiltz
Animation
Greg Iversen
Animation
Gerry Kane
Animation
Mark Kausler
Animation
Selby Kelly
Animation
Moley McColley
Animation
Barrie Nelson
Animation
Margaret Nichols
Animation
Ed Nofziger
Animation
Rosemary O'Connor
Animation
Frank Onaitis
Animation
Tony Pabian
Animation
Amby Paliwoda
Animation
Spencer Peel
Animation
Gil Rugg
Animation
Jim Rutherford
Animation
Mike Sanger
Animation
Ken Southworth
Animation
John Sparey
Animation
Bob Tyler
Animation
Carson van Osten
Animation
Russ von Neida
Animation
George Waiss
Animation
James T. Walker
Animation
Bob Zamboni
Animation
Louis Zukor
Animation
Morey Zukor
Animation
Bruce Bushman
Layout
Maggi Raymond
Animation
Edwin Rehberg
Animation
Larry DeSoto
Assistant Editor
Dick Kinney
Continuity
Marty Murphy
Continuity
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 26, 1970
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Content RatingG
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
Shinbone Alley is a 1970 American independent animated musical comedy film based on the Joe Darion, Mel Brooks, and George Kleinsinger musical of the same name as well as the original Archy and Mehitabel stories by Don Marquis. It was directed by John David Wilson. Eddie Bracken reprised his role from the Broadway musical; Carol Channing played the starring role originally performed by Eartha Kitt.
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