Yankee Doodle Cricket
1975 · 26 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 160 VOTES · DIR. Chuck Jones
Overview
The War of Independence has begun, and Tucker the Mouse, Harry the Cat and Chester C. Cricket are indispensable to the American colonies' effort to free themselves from the rule of the despotic English king. Harry and Tucker help Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. Chester creates the tune for "Yankee Doodle Dandy." And all the animals--including John and Marsha, the lightning bugs--help Paul Revere spread the message that the British are coming. [Plot summary written by J. Spurlin.]
Dialogue Timeline — 339 lines
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00:00:32 Mm, uncredible.
00:01:31 And Harry, do you know who actually wrote
00:02:31 As an ancestor of mine, a church mouse by profession,
00:03:18 Declaration of Inter-dependence
00:04:00 Wowie! Brilliant!
00:04:57 -Aren't you proud? -
00:05:49 -No, no, not very inspiring. -
00:06:24 I have here a piece of paper
00:07:03 Just the thing Old Tom's been looking for.
00:07:39 We hold these truths to be self-evident.
00:08:18 Tucker,
00:09:00 but they'd all been taken.
00:09:39 -Leave me to them red cats. -Redcoats.
00:10:39 Play on, McBug.
00:11:21 from the Colony of Maine taught it to me.
00:12:21 raccoon, turtle, and frog,
00:14:37 Fort.
00:16:06 that if they ever choose a national bird
00:16:55 He's a sliversmith.
00:18:17 Oh, dear. I do hope they're not loyalists.
00:18:55 up there on the steeple to tell you what to do.
00:19:52 - -Marsha!
00:20:55 The British are coming! Arise! Alarm!
00:24:28 - -
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed339
Dialogue density13.0 lines / min
First line00:00:32
Final line00:24:28
Production Record
DirectorChuck Jones
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes160
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