Dude Duck Explained

Dude Duck
Director:	Jack Hannah
Producer:	Walt Disney
Story:	Ralph Wright Riley Thomson
Animator:	Al Bertino Bob Carlson Volus Jones Bill Justice Phyllis Barnhart (cel painter) Jack Boyd (effects)
Starring:	Clarence Nash
Music:	Paul Smith
Color Process:	Technicolor
Layout Artist:	Yale Gracey
Background Artist:	Art Riley
Studio:	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor:	RKO Radio Pictures
Runtime:	7:14
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Dude Duck is a 1951 American animated short film featuring Donald Duck, directed by Jack Hannah and produced by Walt Disney.^[1] In the short film, Donald goes on vacation to a dude ranch and gets a totally uncooperative horse as a mount.

Plot

Donald is vacationing at a dude ranch. After all the beautiful women pick the best horses, Donald ends up with the sad-sack Rover Boy, who wants nothing to do with him.

Voice cast

• Clarence Nash as Donald Duck and Rover Boy

Re-release

The short was re-released with on August 3, 1990.

Television

• Disneyland, episode #2.22: "On Vacation" (1954)
• Good Morning, Mickey, episode #1 (1983)
• Vacationing With Mickey and Friends (1984)
• Donald Takes a Holiday (1986)
• Disney's Rootin' Tootin' Roundup (1990)
• Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #1 (1992)
• Donald's Quack Attack, episode #22 (1992)
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.30: "'50s Donald" (1997)

Home media

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

Additional releases include:

• On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends (VHS)

External links

• • Dude Duck at The Internet Animation Database
• Dude Duck on Filmaffinity

Notes and References

1. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 74–76.
2. Web site: The Chronological Donald Volume 4 DVD Review . DVD Dizzy . 13 February 2021.