

Duck Amuck(1953)
A Merrie Melodie ~ Cartoon ~
The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.


Movie: Duck Amuck
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