Lucky Number (film)

Lucky Number
Lucky Number
Directed by	Jack Hannah
Written by	Nick George; Bill Berg
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Clarence Nash
Music by	Paul Smith
Animation by	Bill Justice; Bob Carlson; Volus Jones; George Kriesl; Blaine Gibson (effects)
Layouts by	Yale Gracey
Backgrounds by	Thelma Witmer
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	July 20, 1951;
Running time	6:30
Country	United States
Language	English

Lucky Number is a 1951 Donald Duck cartoon featuring Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.^[1]

Plot

Donald Duck owns and runs a Filling station. His nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie (seen older than usual in this short) are busy working on their car when a radio station announces the winning numbers of a lottery for a new Zoom V-8 car. Donald is frustrated when his ticket does not have the winning numbers and throws away the ticket, but after Donald walks away, the radio announcer corrects an error, resulting in Donald's ticket having the winning numbers. Instead of telling the news to their uncle, the trio decide to pick up the car to surprise him.

The nephews do not make it far as their car is out of gas, and they push it back to Donald's station. Upon seeing they have no money, Donald pushes their car away. The boys use a cutout of a Zoom V-8 from a nearby billboard to disguise their car, and one of the boys dresses up as a comely woman, tricking Donald into fueling up their car. When he realized what happened, Donald is enraged. The trio rush to the radio station to pick up the car, and the station phone calls Donald about his nephews having a surprise for him. Upon returning to the gas station, a still angry Donald believes the car the boys are in is another trick, and proceeds to destroy it. The radio announcer then congratulates Donald by name, making him realize in horror what he has done.

Voice cast

Clarence Nash as Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie

Home media

The short was released on November 11, 2008, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Four: 1951-1961.^[2]

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "The Chronological Donald Volume 4 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

External links

Lucky Number at IMDb

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[2] "The Chronological Donald Volume 4 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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