| Devil's Feud Cake | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Story by | Friz Freleng Warren Foster |
| Produced by | David H. DePatie |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Jerry Hausner[1][2] |
| Music by | Bill Lava |
| Animation by | Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Bob Matz Art Leonardi Lee Halpern |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin Irv Wyner |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:40 |
Devil's Feud Cake is a 1963Warner Bros.Merrie Melodies animated short directed byFriz Freleng.[3] The short was released on February 9, 1963, and starsBugs Bunny andYosemite Sam.[4]
The film involves the traditional cultural motif of making adeal with the Devil. Sam is depicted as abank robber who was killed in anaviation accident while trying to escape. The Devil offers himfreedom and aresurrection, but only if Sam can bring Bugs tohell.
Yosemite Sam robs the Last National Bank and makes his getaway in an airplane flown by Bugs Bunny. Sam falls out of the plane and dies. Sam ends up inHell, where he makes adeal with the Devil. If Sam brings Bugs (whom the Devil is after as well) to Hell, he will be set free, but if he fails, he will remain in Hell forever. Sam gladly accepts the deal and the Head Devil sends him back to the world of the living.
After three failed attempts on Bugs' life, the Devil decides to give Sam "one more chance". However, Sam has had enough and tells the Devil that if he wants Bugs, he can get him himself and announces that he isstaying in Hell while wearing a devil suit and wielding apitchfork.
| Preceded by | Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1963 | Succeeded by |