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  • Tale of a Dog (1944)
  • Short | 10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
Tale of a Dog (1944)
Short | 10 min | Comedy, Family, Short

When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly named the canine, "Smallpox". When Froggy, Mickey, Janet all other Our Gang members first hear, they mistakenly think that Bigshot has given Buckwheat the ...See moreWhen Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly named the canine, "Smallpox". When Froggy, Mickey, Janet all other Our Gang members first hear, they mistakenly think that Bigshot has given Buckwheat the disease of the same name. Froggy, Janet, and Mickey proceed to incite a panic in the town of Greenpoint by spreading rumors of a smallpox epidemic, causing everyone that hear them, as they are warning all others around them, to jump to a wrong conclusion. Some even list their house address as "quarantined". Written by Thomas McWilliams See less
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Apr 15, 1944 (United States)

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14 cast members
Name Known for
Our Gang
Children Children   See fewer
Gene Collins
Kid who grabs Dickie Kid who grabs Dickie   See fewer
Margaret Bert
Alarmed citizen (uncredited) Alarmed citizen (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Blake
Mickey Blake (uncredited) Mickey Blake (uncredited)   See fewer
Janet Burston
Janet (uncredited) Janet (uncredited)   See fewer
Willa Pearl Curtis
Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited) Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)   See fewer
Fern Emmett
Prissy gossiper #3 (uncredited) Prissy gossiper #3 (uncredited)   See fewer
Richard Hall
Dickie, small boy (uncredited) Dickie, small boy (uncredited)   See fewer
Cordell Hickman
Big Shot Jones (uncredited) Big Shot Jones (uncredited)   See fewer
Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin
Froggy Laughlin (uncredited) Froggy Laughlin (uncredited)   See fewer
Dorothy Neumann
Prissy gossiper #2 (unconfirmed) (uncredited) Prissy gossiper #2 (unconfirmed) (uncredited)   See fewer
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Prissy gossiper #1 (uncredited) Prissy gossiper #1 (uncredited)   See fewer
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Buckwheat Thomas (uncredited) Buckwheat Thomas (uncredited)   See fewer
Emmett Vogan
Dr. Parkson (uncredited) Dr. Parkson (uncredited)   See fewer
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