A Bird in a Guilty Cage

A Bird in a Guilty Cage

Directed by Friz Freleng

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Cartoons

19527 min6.7 / 10

A classic slapstick cartoon chase built on escalating gags, physical comedy, and the timeless predator-prey dynamic between cat and bird.

Sylvester Cat spots Tweety Bird in a display window of an after-hours department store and sneaks inside through a mail server chute. Tweety flees Sylvester by hiding in a hat pile and a doll house, evades the shots from a rifle Sylvester uses, and escapes in a vacuum tube. Tweety sends a dynamite stick through another tube, and Sylvester swallows it, thinking it is Tweety. The dynamite blows up inside Sylvester after the cat leaves the store and walks down the street.

Questions people ask

  • Is A Bird in a Guilty Cage sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Is A Bird in a Guilty Cage scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is A Bird in a Guilty Cage easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Does A Bird in a Guilty Cage end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is A Bird in a Guilty Cage violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

73/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity80

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise87

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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