Shinbone Alley

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.

• Joe DarionScreenplay
• Mel BrooksWriter
• Don MarquisWriter
• Joe DarionWriter
• George KleinsingerOriginal Music Composer
• John WilsonDirector

• Carol ChanningMehitabel (voice)
• Eddie BrackenArchy (voice)
• Alan ReedBig Bill (voice)
• John CarradineTyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
• Hal SmithFreddie the Rat / Prissy Cat (voice)
• Joan GerberPenelope the Fat Cat / Ladybugs of the Evening (voice)
• Sal DelanoBeatnik Spider (voice)
• Ken SansomRosie the Cat (voice)
• Byron KaneNewspaperman (voice)