Shinbone Alley

Overview

Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write poetry, using a typewriter, and begins to enjoy his new life. Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but self-destructive cat Mehitabel, but will have to fight to win her from bad-boy tomcat Bill.

Directed by John Wilson

Top cast

Carol Channing

Mehitabel (voice)

Eddie Bracken

Archy (voice)

Alan Reed

Big Bill (voice)

John Carradine

Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)

Hal Smith

Freddie the Rat / Prissy Cat (voice)

Joan Gerber

Penelope the Fat Cat / Ladybugs of the Evening (voice)

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Sal Delano

Beatnik Spider (voice)

Ken Sansom

Rosie the Cat (voice)

Byron Kane

Newspaperman (voice)

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