Spare the Rod (1954)

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Donald's nephews are always playing instead of doing their chores. Donald is going to punish them, but the "voice of child psychology" convinces him to play along instead. This works well when they chop the wood to burn him at the stake.... See more »

Director:

Jack Hannah

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Stars:

Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash, Bill Thompson

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Cast

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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Pinto Colvig	...	Pygmy Cannibals (uncredited) (voice)
	Clarence Nash	...	Donald Duck / Huey / Dewey / Louie (uncredited) (voice)
	Bill Thompson	...	Narrator / Child Psychology (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Jack Hannah

Written by

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Roy Williams	...	(story) &
Nick George	...	(story)

Ted Osborne	...	(character: Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck) (uncredited)

Al Taliaferro	...	(character: Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Walt Disney

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producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Oliver Wallace

Sound Department

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George Lowerre

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sound engineer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Dan MacManus

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effects animator

Animation Department

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Bob Carlson	...	animator
Yale Gracey	...	layout artist
Ray Huffine	...	background artist
Volus Jones	...	animator
Bill Justice	...	animator
George Kreisl	...	animator
Eve Fletcher	...	ink and paint (uncredited)
Beryl Kemper	...	ink and paint (uncredited)
Buf Nerbovig	...	checker (uncredited)

Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies

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Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

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RKO Radio Pictures (1954) (United States) (theatrical)
RKO Radio Pictures (1954) (Sweden) (theatrical)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary	Donald's nephews are always playing instead of doing their chores. Donald is going to punish them, but the "voice of child psychology" convinces him to play along instead. This works well when they chop the wood to burn him at the stake. Meanwhile, however, a trio of Pygmy cannibals that escaped from the circus are out to do the very same thing to Donald with a cauldron of water... Written by mharrington Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	half-dressed-cartoon-animal profanity controversy huey-dewey-and-louie-characters donald-duck-character See All (50) »
Genres	Animation Short Comedy Family
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Donald et les pygmées cannibales (France) Kalle Anka och samvetet (Sweden) ドナルドの危機一髪 (Japan, Japanese title) Anders And og kannibalerne (Denmark) Dziateczki słuchają rózeczki (Poland) See more »
Runtime	7 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (RCA Sound System)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	This is the only Donald Duck cartoon where Donald Duck accidentally used profanity and used the word "Bitch" once. However in the Walt Disney Treasures Donald Duck Volume 4, the English subtitles use the word "Brat". It's unknown how it got past the Hays Code censorship going on during the censorship era. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into Donald's Weekend (1958). See more »
Quotes	Pygmy Cannibals: Light the fire! [the 3 Cannibals lights the fire under the pot and shoves an apple in Donald's beak and ties it up with the rope] Pygmy Cannibals: Mmm yum yum! [the Cannibal shakes salt on Donald's foot and bites it] Donald Duck: Ouch! You little brats! I'll murder you! [Donald jumps out of the pot and grabs the 3 Cannibals to the shed and beats them up and they run away] See more »

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