The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

Directed by Robert Clampett

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Cartoons

19468 min7.0 / 10

A frenetic, absurdist cartoon romp that parodies detective noir through the anarchic lens of Daffy Duck's dream, built almost entirely on visual gags and surreal character design.

While reading his favorite comic book, Daffy accidentally knocks himself unconscious and dreams he's Duck Twacy, famous detective, trying to solve the case of the missing piggy banks. Taking a streetcar (conducted by Porky Pig, in a non-speaking cameo role) to the gangsters' hideout, he meets up with such grotesque criminals as Pickle Puss, Eighty-Eight Teeth and Neon Noodle.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Great Piggy Bank Robbery sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Is The Great Piggy Bank Robbery easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is The Great Piggy Bank Robbery scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Does The Great Piggy Bank Robbery end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is The Great Piggy Bank Robbery violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

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.

68/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity49

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise88

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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