A mouse tells the story of how he guided Benjamin Franklin to success and prominence.A mouse tells the story of how he guided Benjamin Franklin to success and prominence.A mouse tells the story of how he guided Benjamin Franklin to success and prominence.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Sterling Holloway
- Amos Mouse
- (voice)
Hans Conried
- Tom Jefferson
- (voice)
- …
Stan Freberg
- Mouse Guide
- (uncredited)
James MacDonald
- Men
- (uncredited)
Charles Ruggles
- Ben Franklin
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Bill Thompson
- Governor Keith
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
- Directors
- Hamilton Luske
- Clyde Geronimi(earlier cartoon clips) (uncredited)
- Wilfred Jackson(earlier cartoon clips) (uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen originally released to theaters, this 21-minute cartoon short was double billed with the Walt Disney film The Living Desert (1953) as a 90-minute package deal. This and "The Living Desert" were the first to be released by Buena Vista. RKO continued to distribute Disney's cartoons until 1956. RKO shut down in 1957.
- GoofsAmos tells of the Mayflower sea voyage (1620) and then segues into the life of painter Hans Holbein (died 1543), but doesn't tell the viewer that these scenes are out of order.
- Quotes
[after Amos is nearly killed during the kite experiment]
Ben Franklin: Amos, speak to me. Was it electricity?
Amos Mouse: Was it electricity?
[shouting, with lightning coming out of his mouth]
Amos Mouse: WAS IT ELECTRICITY? Goodbye! Goodbye, and forever!
- ConnectionsEdited into The Magical World of Disney: The Liberty Story (1957)
Featured review
Entertaining, enjoyable and somewhat fictional history lesson about Benjamin Franklin
This is by far one of the cutest animated "history" lessons anyone can watch or show to children. Of course it is fictional with a mouse as the hero and main character but does present the founding of our nation and the writing of the constitution in a very entertaining matter. Amos is really portrayed as the hero in place of Benjamin Franklin, with Franklin portrayed as somewhat of a bumbling, "absent-minded" professor type. We are also shown some of Benjamin Franklin's inventions as well as some of his famous sayings scattered throughout the short movie. We do have a video version of this and I believe it is still available. I highly recommend this very entertaining and educational 25 minute feature by Disney at his best.
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- robinj22
- Jul 3, 2005
Details
- Runtime21 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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