Spoonixel
Amateur movie with Big budget
DipitySkillful
an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.
Bea Swanson
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
JohnHowardReid
Characters: Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse, ranch cook.Directors: WILLIAM HANNA, Joseph BARBERA. Animators: Irven Spence, Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson. Backgrounds: Robert Gentle. Music: Scott Bradley. Color by Technicolor. Western Electric Sound System. Producer: Fred Quimby. Copyright 30 December 1953 (in notice: 1952) by Loew's Inc. A Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer "Tom and Jerry" cartoon. 6 minutes.COMMENT: This entry in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's long-running and deservedly super-popular series is actually not so much a western spoof as a variation of the familiar Tom versus Jerry conflicts, but using western props in a western setting. The colored servant who often initiates the action is here replaced by a crusty ranch-house cook, who refuses lazy Tom his much-desired meals until he gets rid of that varmint, Jerry. After suffering indignities in several amusing encounters, Tom signs an agreement with Jerry. The fast-paced little story then builds up to a riotous climax with a branding iron, when Tom reneges. All in all, this Tom and Jerry must be classed as a most satisfying entry in the series. And needless to say, it was produced with all the M-G-M cartoon department's usual expertise.
BA_Harrison
Tom's master (voiced by Stan Freberg) won't feed lazy ranch cat Tom until he gets rid of Jerry, who has been stealing food from the kitchen via lasso. Of course, every plan that Tom devises to catch the mouse backfires, at least until Jerry decides to make a deal with the cat.Another Tom and Jerry short set on the ranch (the earlier one being Texas Tom from 1950), Posse Cat is a rather unremarkable effort with routine and repetitive gags that fail to get the laughs: Tom sets a trap, it goes wrong, and his master fires his pistol at the cat as he runs for safety. With not nearly enough inventiveness to the chaos, it all gets rather wearisome, and at just six and a half minutes, that's not a good thing.4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.
ccthemovieman-1
Well, this time we are down at the ranch out in the beautiful West (nice scenery, which looks like Montana with a big mountain in the background), and Tom, Jerry and a cook are the three "people" in this story.Jerry is snagging a hot sausage right underneath Tom's nose and the cook is not pleased. He blasts the cat for being lazy and not doing his job. All Tom wants to do - like Jerry - is eat! When he gets dinner, the cook yanks the food away from him quickly and says, "You're not getting any dinner until you get rid of that varmit."So....Tom attempts to do just that. As usual, it doesn't go well. Even when he does capture the mouse, when he hears the clang of the dinner bell, he drops him and goes running for food. Finally, Jerry offers a deal: 50-50 on the food if Tom pretends he's running Jerry out of the place. The trick works until Tom gets greedy...and then....In all, so-so at best. Most of what I've seen of Tom and Jerry cartoons are funnier than this. Sorry, padnah!
movieman_kev
Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse are in an old west setting.Tom won't be fed by the old cowboy into he catches Jerry. Has a few funny moments. Jokes are repeated, but at merely 6 minutes long it's still one of the better Tom & Jerry shorts.
