Rancid Ransom

Rancid Ransom
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 15, 1962
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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Rancid Ransom is the twenty-seventh animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on November 15, 1962. It was written by Dalton Sandifer and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

In order to get rid of a hunter, Loopy must use the fake money stash he found, only later do they both find out the truth about the money.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Loopy De Loop	Daws Butler
Turtle	Don Messick
Buzzard	Don Messick
Wolves	Unavailable
Hunter	Don Messick

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story sketch: Paul Sommer and Charles Nichols
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animation: Dick Lundy
• Layout: Iwao Takamoto
• Backgrounds: Montealegre
• Titles: Lawrence Goble
• Film editor: Joseph Ruby
• 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.