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Trouble Indemnity (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Trouble Indemnity
director: John Hubley / Pete Burness actor: Jim Backus
other title: Mr. Magoo, das Versicherungsrisiko
An insurance salesman enters Magoo's house hoping to make a sale. Magoo refuses but the salesman is eventually able to sell Magoo some by posing as one of Magoo's old college chums. Magoo is now worth a hefty sum and is ready to collect after being bitten by a dog (actually a tiger rug) but, instead of going to the insurance building, enters a building under construction next door to it. The salesman and his boss notice Magoo walking around the steel skeleton of the building and realizing, "If he falls, the company falls", they rush over making several attempts to save Magoo's life and keep him from endangering himself.
The Phox, the Box, & the Lox (1999) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Phox, the Box, & the Lox
director: Steve Moore actor: Scott Weil / Keith Scott
other title: The Phox, the Box, and the Lox
In a town called Pudding on the Ritz, a sly fox attempts to trick a nitwit into opening a cursed treasure chest. However, the fox's trick comes back to bite him in the end. Based on the Fractured Fairy Tales segment from Jay Ward's "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show", this short premiered before the live-action feature "Dudley Do-Right".
Porky Chops (1949) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Porky Chops
director: Arthur Davis actor: 梅尔·勃朗
other title: 猪小弟砍树 / Eile mit Beile
Lumber jack Porky Pig intrudes upon the peace of a hipster squirrel vacationing in the Northwoods by trying to chop down the squirrel's tree. The squirrel retaliates by enclosing the base of his tree with steel so that Porky's axes cannot penetrate. The ensuing conflict between Porky and the squirrel awakens an angry bear.
The Tell-Tale Heart (1953) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Tell-Tale Heart
7.3 (6 ratings) director: Ted Parmelee / Art Babbitt actor: Stanley Baker / James Mason
other title: 泄密的心 / 洩密的心
One of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan Poe story of the deranged boarder who had to kill his landlord, not for greed, but because he possessed an "evil eye." The killer is never seen but his presence is felt by the use light-and-shadow to give the impression of impending disaster.