Porky's Hero Agency

Dec 4, 1937

0h 7m

★ 7.1

Overview

Porky is reading the Greek myth of the gorgon, who turned everyone she looked at into stone. Mother tells him it's bedtime; he dreams of being Porkykarkus, the hero that saves Greece.

Genres

Animation

Comedy

Production Companies

Leon Schlesinger Productions

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Cast

Porky's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Sara Berner

Porky Pig / Porkykarkus / Emperor (voice) (uncredited)

Mel Blanc

The Gorgon (voice) (uncredited)

Tedd Pierce

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