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Robot Wrecks 1941 Directed by Edward L. Cahn

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Comedy , Family
Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date 12 July 1941
11 mins
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Billie Thomas Buckwheat
Margaret Bert Froggy's Mother (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher Froggy's Father (uncredited)
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