Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.
- Director
- Writers
- Stars
Mel Blanc
- Hitler Duck
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Michael Maltese
- Mussolini Duck
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
John McLeish
- Narrator - Dove of Peace
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Melvin Millar
- Don Christensen(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsIn the opening shot, the weather vane shows W (West) counter-clockwise from S (South), when it should actually show E (East) in place of West or N (North) in place of South.
- Alternate versionsMost prints of this cartoon remove the final scene in which the solider on a War Bonds poster leaps from his wall and shoots at the Ducktators. We then see the Dove of Peace at home telling the story to his grandchildren...with the heads of the three Ducktators mounted above his fireplace. A "Buy War Bonds" title card is shown to end the cartoon.
- ConnectionsFeatured in ToonHeads: A ToonHeads Special: The Wartime Cartoons (2001)
- SoundtracksThe Japanese Sandman
(uncredited)
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Lyrics by Ray Egan
Sung with substitute lyrics by Japanese Duck
Featured review
Wartime Propaganda
Often, in movie theaters, the lead in features were related to news events. Newsreels kept people informed as to what was going on in war (though sadly dated because of time constraints and distribution). These cartoons offered a broader brush. Here, a duck is born from a black egg and rises with a swastika arm band and a famous mustache. Soon the barnyard is being recruited by this figure plus one that looks like Mussolini and another being Hirohito. So what transpires is that peace efforts fail and soon the peaceful must rise to the occasion. This is well done and I am sure bolstered some people's hopefulness.
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- Hitchcoc
- Jan 14, 2019
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- Also known as
- Looney Tunes #14 (1941-1942 Season): The Ducktators
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- Runtime7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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