Bill and Coo (1948)
1948 · Feature film · 60 min · dir. Dean Riesner
- Family
- Fantasy
Synopsis
The feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of "The Black Menace". But to the citizen's rescue comes a brave young taxi puller named Bill! In other words, every single role in this film is played by birds. Actual birds.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Dean Riesner
- Writer
- Royal Foster
- Cinematography
- Jack A. Marta
- Studio
- Republic Pictures
- Released
- 1948-03-28
- Awards
- 1 win
- Running time
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Dean Riesner Director
George Burton- Elizabeth Walters
Ken Murray
Pinto Colvig
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · So Coot it Hurts! · trilby1989 · 2011-07-19
Welcome to Chirpendale, where life is a lark until the raven mad Black Menace swoops down upon the tweet citizenry and brings normal life to a screeching halt. The role of protecting the roost falls upon our hero, poor but hard working young taxidriver Bill Singer. Madly in love with hotel heiress Miss Coo, Bill must save her and all the rest of Chirpendale from the hateful old crow - twice. It's a chippy shot for clever, grit-in-his-craw lovebird Bill! Swallow "a few" droppings of bird puns, empty the birdseed from your pockets to get into the fly-by-night circus, and duck when you see the…
