The Million Dollar Cat

The Million Dollar Cat
Theatrical poster.
Production company	Metro-Goldwn-Mayer
Distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	May 6, 1944
Run time	7:13
Starring	William Hanna
Producer(s)	Fred Quimby
Music composed by	Scott Bradley
Screenplay by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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The Million Dollar Cat is the fourteenth animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on May 6, 1944. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by series creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Tom inherits a million dollars, but can only keep it if he brings no harm to Jerry.

Detailed summary

Tom: Gee, I'm throwing away a million dollars. BUT I'M HAPPY!!!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Tom Cat	William Hanna
Jerry Mouse	William Hanna
Telegram guy (voice only)	Unavailable
Aunt Harriet

Organizations

• Daily Blah (mentioned)
• Daily Blabber (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Mammy Two Shoes's residence
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Park Avenue

Objects

• Telegram
• Daily Blah newspaper
• Daily Blabber newspaper
• Gazette

Vehicles

• Limo

Music

The music was composed by Scott Bradley.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 26, 1944; February 24, 1951 (reissue)

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 19, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection on DVD.
  • October 25, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.
  • October 25, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Golden Collection: Volume 1 on Blu-ray Disc.
• In France:
  • November 23, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Golden Collection: Volume Un on DVD.