The Tortoise and the Hare

Name: The Tortoise and the Hare
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1935-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.6

About The Tortoise and the Hare

The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons.

The Tortoise and the Hare (1935) is an animation fantasy film directed by Wilfred Jackson. Its themes are anthropomorphic animal, tortoise, fable, and foot race.

Eddie Holden stars as Toby Tortoise (voice) (uncredited), Ned Norton as Max Hare (voice) (uncredited), Pinto Colvig as Starter (voice) (uncredited), and Marcellite Garner as Miss Cottontail Girl (voice) (uncredited). Released in January 1935, it runs 9 minutes.

The screenplay is by Larry Clemmons. It streams on Disney Plus in the United States.

Tortoise Beats Hare, Get a Horse!, and Bilby make useful companions to The Tortoise and the Hare, all filed under short film. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 211 votes and it carries a NR rating.