Crook Who Cried Wolf

Crook Who Cried Wolf
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Release date	December 12, 1963
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick Doug Young
Music composition	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay	Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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Crook Who Cried Wolf is the thirty-eighth animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on December 12, 1963. It was written by Dalton Sandifer and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Crooks hide out in a cave where Loopy is launched into, at first, they believe it's Big Louie, but once they find out it's an actual wolf, they use him as bate for the cops.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Crook	Don Messick
Sam	Doug Young
Rabbit	Don Messick
Loopy De Loop	Daws Butler
Baby Bear	N/A
Papa Bear	N/A
Sergeant	Don Messick
Fred	Doug Young
Big Louie	Doug Young

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Cave

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story sketch: Lew Marshall and Charles A. Nichols
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animation: Don Patterson
• Layout: Jack Huber and Willie Ito
• Backgrounds: Lee Branscome
• Film editor: Donald A. Douglas
• Eastman color by: Pathé

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 9, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD.