Red Hot Ryder is sent to catch the Masked Marauder (Bugs Bunny) who is terrorizing a small Western town.
Direction
Clampett's rubber-hose physics defy reality beautifully.
Acting
Mel Blanc voices half the film, still steals every scene.
Writing
"I'm the Masked Marauder, see?"—peak Bugs arrogance.
Director
Robert Clampett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Bugs Bunny's first official western parody and established his 'masked trickster' persona that influenced decades of cartoons.
Clampett's exaggerated animation style here directly inspired the 'SpongeBob' squash-and-stretch physics you see in modern cartoons.
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