The Million Dollar Cat (1944)

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"DIR: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera SUMMARY: Tom inherits a million dollars, on the understanding that he will lose every penny if he ever harms any living creature... even a mouse! WHY IT'S HERE: 'The Million Dollar Cat' is a cartoon I've loved since I was a kid. Like many of the Tom and Jerry cartoons of this era, it gets considerable mileage out of a simple premise. Deprived of his ability to inflict harm on Jerry, Tom is forced to squirm through the entire cartoon as Jerry takes advantage"