Name: Jerky Turkey
Director: Tex Avery
Genre: Comedy, Animation
Released: 1945-04-07
Duration: 7 min
Cast: Daws Butler, Bill Thompson

Jerky Turkey (1945)

English 7m

About Jerky Turkey Movie

Jerky Turkey, released in 1945, is a Comedy, Animation Movie from director Tex Avery. Featuring Daws Butler, Bill Thompson. Available in English. A dopey Pilgrim goes hunting a turkey who speaks in a Jimmy Durante impersonation and runs the local black market. War and rationing gags abound (Pilgrims line up behind a sign reading "Ye Cigarettes Today"), as well as a running gag featuring a bear wearing an "Eat at Joe's" sandwich sign. The turkey harnesses the power of gags to save himself.

Movie Details

Release Date07 Apr 1945

LanguageEnglish

Runtime7m

StatusReleased

DirectorTex Avery

MusicScott Bradley

GenreComedy, Animation

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