The Tortoise and the Hare

6.6

Genre: Animation Family Fantasy
Run time: 9 min
Premiere: 1935. January 5.

Director: Wilfred Jackson
Writer: Larry Clemmons Aesop Joe Grant William Cottrell
Starring: Eddie Holden Ned Norton Pinto Colvig Marcellite Garner

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. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.