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When the Cat's Away ()

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While Tom Cat goes away hunting, Mickey, Minnie, and their mouse friends break into his house and perform music. They play various tunes on the piano while the other mice hit household objects in tune to the music.
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Walt Disney ... (uncredited)

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Walt Disney ... producer (uncredited)

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Carl W. Stalling ... (uncredited)

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George Lowerre ... sound engineer (uncredited)

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Ub Iwerks ... animator
Johnny Cannon ... animator (uncredited)
Les Clark ... animator (uncredited) / background artist (uncredited)
Ub Iwerks ... background artist (uncredited)
Wilfred Jackson ... animator (uncredited) / background artist (uncredited)
Ben Sharpsteen ... animator (uncredited) / background artist (uncredited)

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Tom Cat drinks his moonshine and then heads off with his rifle to go hunting. While the cat is away, Mickey, Minnie, and the other mice living underneath the porch, will play. Mickey forms another mouse into a key to open the padlock on the door, and then into the house everyone goes. Mickey and Minnie dance on the piano to play music, while the other mice use whatever they can get their hands on - a saxophone, a violin, even a spittoon - to accompany him. A parrot attempts to join in, but the effort of his bad singing causes him to lose his balance and fall into the spittoon. Later, Mickey uses a mousetrap as a catapult to toss himself up to a wheel of Swiss cheese on a high shelf. But these mice are more interested in music than in eating. Mickey slices the cheese in a circular fashion that allows it to act like a paper roll for the player piano. When the roll is finished, two mice form themselves into a makeshift phonograph, which means more fun and music for everyone. Written by J. Spurlin

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Also Known As
  • Quand le chat n'est pas là (France)
  • El plan de Mickey (Spain)
  • När katten är borta (Sweden)
  • Gdy kota nie ma (Poland)
  • El plan de Mickey (Argentina)
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  • 7 min
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Trivia First and only classic Disney cartoon in which Mickey, Minnie and the rest of the rodents are the size of regular mice. In the other hand, Tom Cat is the size of a regular human, as it was common in the cartoons of the Golden Age of American Animation. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show (1968). See more »
Soundtracks A Hunting We Will Go See more »
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