Bunco Busters


Bunco Busters is the 64th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on November 21, 1955, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.

Plot

Captain Haddock from the Bunco Squad serves as narrator, telling the viewing audience about "The Case of the Gullible Woodpecker." Woody inherits a fortune and Con-man Buzz Buzzard decides to use every trick he can to swindle him out of his new wealth. Woody gets it back in the end when Buzz crashes through the ceiling and lands in a filing cabinet in the office of Captain Haddock, who "closes the file" on the case.

Quotes

Bunco Busters contains one of the most memorable quotes in the Woody Woodpecker canon: