Assault and Peppered
1965 film by Robert McKimson
Assault and Peppered is a 1965 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on April 24, 1965, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales.
Description
Titled as a play on the term "salt and pepper", Assault and Peppered was released on April 24, 1965. It was directed by Robert McKimson and produced by the award-winning DePatie–Freleng, the production house responsible for the Pink Panther and other series of cartoons distributed by United Artists. Its run time is six minutes. Mel Blanc voiced Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales, and the mice.
Plot
The cartoon is a semi-remake of Friz Freleng's Bunker Hill Bunny.
A group of starving mice are admiring Daffy Duck's Mexican plantation (aptly named El Rancho Rio Daffy), all the while wishing to have some of his homegrown food. Evil land baron Daffy, who isn't particularly fond of beggars, suddenly appears and angrily whips the mice for "starving on his property".
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