The Unmentionables

1963Short⏱️ 7mApproved

AnimationShortComedyCrimeFamily

⭐ 7.2

IMDB Rating

486 votes

In a spoof of TV's "Untouchables" Rocky and Mugsy chase "Elegant Mess" (Bugs) through the ACME cereal company.

Director

Friz Freleng

Writers

N/A

Stars

Mel Blanc, Ralph James, Julie Bennett

Release Date

September 7, 1963

Language

English

Country

United States

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🎭 Top Cast

Mel Blanc

as Elegant Mess - Bugs Bunny

Ralph James

as Narrator

Julie Bennett

as Telephone Operator

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Sound

Mono

Production

Warner Bros. Cartoon Studios

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🎯 Categories

GangsterOne-Person Army ActionParodyAnimationComedyCrimeFamilyShort

⭐ Featured Review

This is what I done, boss!

by lee_eisenberg • 2010-03-19

10/10

"Sometimes I wonder how the Warner Bros. animation department got their cartoons past the censors. Anyone familiar with 1950s-1960s slang knows what "The Unmentionables" really means! The cartoon itself casts Bugs Bunny as FBI agent Elegant Mess (an obvious parody of Eliot Ness), investigating a crime syndicate in 1920s Chicago. Which means that he tricks Rocky and Mugsy into some embarrassing situations! Who knew that it could suck so much to be a mafioso?! This came out in the waning days of Warner Bros. cartoons, but Friz Freleng certainly had not lost his touch one bit. Bugs is fu..."