The Tortoise and the Hare

Name: The Tortoise and the Hare
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1935-01-05
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Eddie Holden, Ned Norton, Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner, Dorothy Compton

"Hare stops to show off, and the slower Tortoise wins the race."

6.6/ 10 · 0K votes

1935-01-05

Released

Animation Family Fantasy

Storyline

The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.

Director

Wilfred Jackson

Screenplay

Larry Clemmons

Characters

Joe Grant

Budget

$0M

Keywords

foot race tortoise aesop's fables moral short film anthropomorphic animal overconfident

Production