Deduce, You Say!

Deduce, You Say
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Directed byChuck Jones
Story byMichael Maltese
Produced byEdward Selzer
StarringMel Blanc
June Foray
Music byMilt Franklyn
Animation byAbe Levitow
Richard Thompson
Ken Harris
Ben Washam
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • September 29, 1956 (1956-09-29)
Running time
7:07
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Deduce, You Say is a 1956 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese.[1] The short was released on September 29, 1956, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.[2] The title is a play on the exclamation, "The deuce, you say!"

The cartoon features Daffy Duck as the dim-witted detective Dorlock Homes (a parody of Sherlock Holmes) and Porky Pig as his sidekick Watkins (Dr. Watson), as they attempt to locate and apprehend the dangerous "Shropshire Slasher."

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 291. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.