Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive

Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive is a 1946 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.^[1] In this installment of the Donald & Goofy series, Donald Duck appears as "Frank Duck", a jungle explorer determined to capture a live "wild man", played by Goofy. The film was directed by Jack Hannah and features the voices of Clarence Nash as Donald and Pinto Colvig as Goofy.^[2]

Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Hannah
Story by	Dick Kinney
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Pinto Colvig Clarence Nash
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Animation by	Al Coe Andy Engman Hugh Fraser Jim Moore
Layouts by	Yale Gracey
Backgrounds by	Thelma Witmer
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	November 1, 1946 (1946-11-01)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The character Frank Duck and the title of the film are spoofs of Frank Buck and his 1930 book Bring 'Em Back Alive which was adapted into a 1932 documentary film.

Plot

Goofy appears as a wild man living in an African jungle, gracefully swinging from vine to vine (a nod to Tarzan).

Employed by the Ajax Circus, Frank Duck (Donald) arrives in the jungle on a river boat in search of a wild man. After Goofy bungles an attempt to kill Frank, Frank presents the illiterate wild man with a contract which the wild man eventually eats. Frank tries to capture the wild man and put him into a cage, but the wild man escapes, seemingly unintentionally, and helps Frank load the empty cage onto his boat.

Upon realizing his mistake, Frank angrily returns with the cage and continues to chase the wild man until he chases him into a lion's den. Viewing them as food, the lion walks into the den and starts chasing them. In the ensuing chaos, Frank and the wild man find themselves wearing each other's clothes. The lion chases them back to Frank's boat, which the wild man hops into and drives away, leaving Frank to be chased by the lion.

Voice cast

• Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
• Goofy: Pinto Colvig

Releases

• 1946 - theatrical release
• 1992-2000 - Donald's Quack Attack, episode 5

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.^[3]