Porky confronts a hideous giant and contends with the giant's baby as well.Porky confronts a hideous giant and contends with the giant's baby as well.Porky confronts a hideous giant and contends with the giant's baby as well.
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Billy Bletcher
- Giant
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Danny Webb
- Baby Giant Scats
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe title refers to the chief protagonist for the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk".
- GoofsMany things in the giant's castle are out of proportion. The steps are normal-sized (too small for the giant). Also, the cooking pot and fireplace it is in are too small for the giant.
- Alternate versionsThis cartoon was colorized in 1968 by having every other frame traced over onto a cel. Each redrawn cel was painted in color and then photographed over a colored reproduction of each original background. Needless to say, the animation quality dropped considerably from the original version with this method. The cartoon was colorized again in 1992, this time with a computer adding color to a new print of the original black and white cartoon. This preserved the quality of the original animation.
- SoundtracksThe Alphabet Song
(uncredited)
Music from French melody "Ah ! vous dirai-je, Maman" (music first published 1761)
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Porky the Leading Man
At this stage, Porky was still Termite Terrace's only star -- although Daffy Duck was pulling up fast and Bugs would be introduced shortly. So he got tossed into every cartoon, including this rather dull retelling of 'Jack the Giant Killer', with a Giant who looks and sounds like Bluto from Popeye but who was, undoubtedly, voiced by Billy Bletcher.
Jokes in this one are thin and rather stretched out. Nor, despite their hand in inventing Bugs, are Dalton and Hardaway real prime Termite Terrace directors. Hardaway would soon go to Lantz, where he would work long, hard and well on Woody Woodpecker. Dalton would continue working through the 1950s.
The wonderful staff that had already built up at Termite Terrace stops this one from being a stinker, but it's certainly no classic. Look at it and then move on.
Jokes in this one are thin and rather stretched out. Nor, despite their hand in inventing Bugs, are Dalton and Hardaway real prime Termite Terrace directors. Hardaway would soon go to Lantz, where he would work long, hard and well on Woody Woodpecker. Dalton would continue working through the 1950s.
The wonderful staff that had already built up at Termite Terrace stops this one from being a stinker, but it's certainly no classic. Look at it and then move on.
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- boblipton
- Sep 15, 2008
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- Porky y el asesino gigante
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- Runtime8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Porky the Giant Killer (1939) officially released in Canada in English?
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