Tom's Photo Finish

1957
7.3| 0h6m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 01 November 1957 Released
Producted By: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Tom has a chunk of the leftover chicken just before his owner George goes to look at the fridge. He threatens to take care of whichever animal did it. Tom frames Spike the dog, but Jerry snaps a photo of him in the act, prints up dozens of copies, and then battles Tom to get George to see one of them.

Genre

Animation, Comedy

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Director

Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Tom's Photo Finish Audience Reviews

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
BA_Harrison Tom raids the fridge while his owners are relaxing in the living room, but frames bulldog Spike unaware that Jerry is capturing the act with his camera. After Spike is thrown outside, Jerry runs off a few dozen copies of his photo (in his handy mouse-sized darkroom) and proceeds to scatter the prints around the house, causing Tom a lot of bother.A slight improvement over the previous few Hanna-Barbera T&J cartoons, Tom's Photo Finish is an amusing one-note effort, but is still a long way from the classics of the Fred Quimby era. What really bothers me the most are the unappealing '50s human characters, George and Joan, and the crudely rendered backgrounds.5.5/10, generously rounded up to 6 for IMDb.
ccthemovieman-1 Wow, in this late-entry Tom and Jerry CinemaScope cartoon I "discovered" three things early on that I hadn't seen in past episodes: 1 - Jerry has his own dark room in his little mouse-hole. I thought he only had one room, but apparently has a complete apartment!; 2 - Tom is very clever, not so stupid as he usually is pictured as he comes up with a clever idea to frame Spike the bulldog; 3 - Tom's head comes off when he's surprised.The bulk of the story occurs after Jerry has made about 50 copies of Tom framing the dog and puts them all over the house. Tom is desperate to get rid of all of them before one of his owners sees one. He goes to all lengths, and some of the gags are good and all of them are original. Part of the reason is that this isn't the normal "Tom and Jerry chase cartoon." It's a very entertaining Tom and Jerry cartoon, as most of them are.
TheMan3051 "TOM THE NEIGHBOR'S WILL THINK YOU'RE CRAZY!"HILARIOUS!This is one of the last Tom and Jerry cartoons and by this time Hanna-Barbera have more power because they're producing as well. Anyway, even if this is one of the final shorts Hanna-Barbera keep it as fresh and clever as any of the earlier shorts!4(****)out of 4(****)stars
Antzy88 Tom eats a piece of the chicken in the refrigerator, but when George and Joan, his owners, suspect that it was either him or Spike that did it, Tom successfully frames Spike by making it look like he had done it, and Spike is subsequently thrown out of the house.Unfortunately, Jerry took a picture that reveals the truth behind the framing, and Tom must try and stop George and Joan from seeing any of the pictures...There are some good gags, but the colours and (especially) the backgrounds are a bit of an eyesore, even for its period in time. Shame, really, but the cartoon is still enjoyable despite this.