Duck Pimples
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Kinney
Story by	Virgil Partch Dick Shaw
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Clarence Nash Billy Bletcher Mary Lenihan Harry E. Lang Jack Mather Doodles Weaver[1]
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Animation by	Andy Engman Hal King John Sibley Milt Kahl Fred Moore (uncredited) Al Bertino (uncredited) Marc Davis (uncredited)[1]
Layouts by	Don DaGradi
Backgrounds by	Nino Carbe
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	August 10, 1945 (1945-08-10)
Running time	7:44
Country	United States
Language	English

Duck Pimples is a 1945 animated whodunit short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.^[2] The cartoon parodies radio crime stories and film noir dramas.

Plot

Donald Duck's imagination, enhanced by scary stories on the radio and in books, moves him into a seemingly real crime world, which ultimately turns out to be imaginary. Donald's dream is enhanced by the backgrounds that abruptly change each time a new character appears in it.

Scenes where Donald is threatened with a knife and the detective is threatened with an axe were at one time cut,^[3] but have been restored for the VHS release and DVD release.

Voice cast

• Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
• Radio actor/Salesman/Dopey Davis/J. Harold King/Donald's conscience: Jack Mather
• Pauline: Mary Lenihan
• Radio host: Doodles Weaver
• Leslie J. Clark: Harry E. Lang
• Radio actor/H. U. Hennessy: Billy Bletcher

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.^[4]

Reception

Cartoon Brew called Duck Pimples "the creepiest Disney short ever made" and its animation a "top-drawer work".^[5]