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The Wetback Hound (1957)

June 19, 195718mEN
6.8

8 votes

Overview

The Wetback Hound is a 1957 American live-action short film produced Walt Disney Productions. It was produced and co-directed by Larry Lansburgh, and it accompanied the theatrical release of the Disney feature Johnny Tremain. In 1958, the film won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 30th Academy Awards.

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Released

Original Language

English

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Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

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6.0

Let’s face it, “Paco” is pretty useless as a lion hunter. In fact, he is so hopeless that his rancher pals abandon him and he has to set off to fend for himself. This involves a relatively easy swim across the border to Texas where he luckily finds a new home where instead of a lion, he finds a recently orphaned fawn. His new owner takes that home with them to rear until it, too, can look after itself - but when it escapes and looks like it’s soon to be lion fodder it falls to “Paco” to race to the rescue and prove that maybe he’s not so hopeless after all. This is all fairly cheerful Disney f…

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