Seal Skinners

Jan 28, 1939

0h 8m

★ 6.0

Overview

A trained seal has escaped from the Jingling Brothers circus; there's a $100,000 reward. Both the Captain and John Silver hear this news, as does the seal. They show up, offering the seal a ride to wherever she wants to go; home to the arctic, as it happens. The Captain wins round one, grabbing the seal while John is engaged in a fight with yet another reward seeker.

Genres

Animation

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

MGM Cartoon Studio

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Cast

John Silver, Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Mel Blanc

Captain (voice) (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

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