Shinbone Alley

Based on a Broadway musical by Mel Brooks and Joe Darion, the animated feature Shinbone Alley is an adaptation of the Don Marquis stories. The film is about a love-struck cockroach named Archy (voiced by Eddie Bracken) and the object of his affections, a carefree cat named Mehitabel (Carol ...more

Shinbone Alley is a film that tends to divide its audience into those who really, really like it and those who really, really don't. One thing most people on both sides of the argument can agree on, however, is that while it may be an animated film, Shinbone is not really a child's film. Some children may enjoy it, especially older ones, but most will either find it boring or disturbing -- the latter because it starts off by dealing with the reincarnation of a suicide and because the film is ...more