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| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
| Written by | Dr. Seuss |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger (uncredited) Dr. Seuss (supervising - uncredited) |
| Starring | Mel Blanc (all voices) |
| Edited by | Treg Brown |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 3 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Spies is part of thePrivate Snafu series of animated shorts produced byWarner Bros. duringWorld War II. Released in 1943, the cartoon was directed byChuck Jones and features the vocal talents ofMel Blanc.[1] It was included as part of theInternational Spy Museum exhibits, specifically the exhibit showcasing World War II-era spying.
Private Snafu has learned a secret, but theenemy is listening and he'd better zipper his lip, and keep his brain secure with a padlock and chain. However, Snafu little by little lets his secret slip (by telling the audience, calling his mom, telling a magazine salesman, and drunkenly relaying it to a bar girl who works as aNazi German spy, due to drinking an entire bottle instead of the glass he was given): his ship is about to set sail forAfrica at 4:30. The information is picked up by spies and quickly relayed toFührerAdolf Hitler, who orders theNazis to attack theAmericanfleet, which they do, shooting Snafu with torpedoes when he falls in the water after yelling for the ship to go "full speed ahead" to escape. He then ends up in Hell boiling in a cauldron, demanding to know who leaked the secret out. Adolf Hitler as well as Hitler's staff then appear as demons and reveal who gave away the secret he was entrusted to keep. They show him a picture of himself in a mirror. This then changes to a horse's rump.
A scene in which Private Snafu becomes drunk is musically accompanied by an excerpt fromRaymond Scott's composition, "Powerhouse".
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