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UNITED STATES · 1955

Ready, Set, Zoom

Chuck Jones
Classical Hollywood slapstick comedy chase sequences animal characters inventions and contraptions cross-dressing humor
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Synopsis

Among the strategies that fail in Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch the Roadrunner: glue on the road, a giant rubber band, an outboard motor in a wash tub, and dressing in drag as a female Roadrunner.

Year1955
CountryUnited States
DirectorChuck Jones
MovementClassical Hollywood
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