''Three Blind Mouseketeers'' is a ''

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short film based on the

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'' and the 1844 novel ''

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'' by

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. Directed by Dave Hand and Jack Cutting, it stars

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Plot

The three blind mice are disguised as musketeers in a cellar. Captain Cat (the devious cat) sets a number of traps for the mice and goes to sleep. The mice come out to search for food, avoiding all the traps. When they uncork three bottles of wine, the corks hit Captain Cat on the nose. Captain Cat wakes up and starts chasing the mice, only ending up trapping one mouse, who starts asking for help from the other two mice reflecting on numerous bottles. Captain Cat thinks he is surrounded by mice and runs away, falling into a multitude of traps that he has prepared himself.

Voice cast

* Tall Mouseketeer:

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* Captain Katt:

* Other two Mouseketeers:

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and

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Syndication

The cartoon was aired on ''

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'' on the

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Home media

The short has been released on home media several times. The first time was on a VHS release in 1985 on '' Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: The Disney Dream Factory: 1933-1938'', then in the UK on VHS on ''Storybook Favourites Shorts: Three Little Pigs''. Its first DVD release was in 2003 on ''

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'', followed on December 19, 2006, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two''. It was also released on ''Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films Volume 2: Three Little Pigs'' in 2009 and on ''

'' 35th Anniversary Edition (''The Rescuers''/''

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'') in 2012.

References

External links

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The encyclopedia of Disney animated shorts
1930s Disney animated short films Silly Symphonies 1936 films Films directed by David Hand (animator) Films produced by Walt Disney Animated films about mice Animated films based on nursery rhymes 1930s American films Animated films based on The Three Musketeers 1936 animated short films {{Disney-animation-film-stub The Three Musketeers