The Trial of Donald Duck

1948 Donald Duck cartoon

July 30, 1948 (1948-07-30)

Running time

6:40CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Trial of Donald Duck is a 1948 animated short film featuring Donald Duck. It was released by Walt Disney Productions.^[1]

Plot

Donald Duck is put on trial by a restaurant.

Donald is trying to have his lunch illegally on park grass with the pigeons when it began to rain and he had to say goodbye to them. Beginning to rain hard, he into the shelter of a canopy to a fancy restaurant. Imagining a hot cup of coffee, and having a nickel to have one, he walked in where a waiter seated him. As he only has a nickel, Donald feels that he can use it to get a cup of coffee. The waiter recommended on the menu "pomme de terre à la somme de la Louis", but Donald replied coffee. The waiter then asked in French if he wanted it small, Donald replied yes and asked for a regular Java. However, thinking he wanted small Donald was received a cup of Espresso which is the size of a thimble. Donald flies into a rage for given the wrong coffee and refused to pay.

As the waiter tries to figure out what to do, he spots Donald unpacking his dishes from his lunch box. Being sneaky, Pierre decides to charge Donald for the food that he brought into the restaurant. This leads to Donald receiving a bill for $35.99. Once again angered at the injustice, Donald flies into a rage, and the matter is taken to court.

Donald's lawyer portrays and confesses him as a victim in the entire mess, but the judge rules in favor of the restaurant, ordering Donald to either pay ten dollars, or wash dishes for ten days.

Donald accepts the ten days, but spends the entire time at the restaurant's kitchen sink destroying the dishes. The waiter pleads with Donald to stop, promising to let the whole matter go, but Donald angrily turns to him and says, 'You heard what the Judge said...ten days!' and continues with his destructive 'chore'.

Voice cast

Clarence Nash as Donald Duck

Home media

The short was released on December 11, 2007 on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950.^[2]

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. [1]. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "The Chronological Donald Volume 3 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

External links

The Trial of Donald Duck at IMDb

Donald Duck in animation

Filmography

Silly Symphony
short films

The Wise Little Hen (1934)
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938; cameo)

Mickey Mouse
short films

Orphan's Benefit (1934)
The Dognapper (1934)
The Band Concert (1935)
Mickey's Service Station (1935)
Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935)
On Ice (1935)
Mickey's Polo Team (1936)
Orphans' Picnic (1936)
Mickey's Grand Opera (1936)
Moving Day (1936)
Alpine Climbers (1936)
Mickey's Circus (1936)
Donald and Pluto (1936)
Magician Mickey (1937)
Moose Hunters (1937)
Mickey's Amateurs (1937)
Hawaiian Holiday (1937)
Clock Cleaners (1937)
Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
Boat Builders (1938)
Mickey's Trailer (1938)
The Whalers (1938)
Tugboat Mickey (1940)
The Nifty Nineties (1941; cameo)
Orphan's Benefit (1941; remake)
Mickey's Birthday Party (1942)
Symphony Hour (1942)
Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952; cameo)
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
The Prince and the Pauper (1990)

Donald Duck and
Donald & Goofy
short films

1930s	Don Donald (1937) Modern Inventions (1937) Donald's Ostrich (1937) Self Control (1938) Donald's Better Self (1938) Donald's Nephews (1938) Polar Trappers (1938) Good Scouts (1938) The Fox Hunt (1938) Donald's Golf Game (1938) Donald's Lucky Day (1939) The Hockey Champ (1939) Donald's Cousin Gus (1939) Beach Picnic (1939) Sea Scouts (1939) Donald's Penguin (1939) The Autograph Hound (1939) Officer Duck (1939)
1940s	The Riveter (1940) Donald's Dog Laundry (1940) Billposters (1940) Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940) Put-Put Troubles (1940) Donald's Vacation (1940) Window Cleaners (1940) Fire Chief (1940) Timber (1941) Golden Eggs (1941) A Good Time for a Dime (1941) Early to Bed (1941) Truant Officer Donald (1941) Old MacDonald Duck (1941) Donald's Camera (1941) Chef Donald (1941) The Village Smithy (1942) The New Spirit (1942) Donald's Snow Fight (1942) Donald Gets Drafted (1942) Donald's Garden (1942) Donald's Gold Mine (1942) The Vanishing Private (1942) Sky Trooper (1942) Bellboy Donald (1942) Der Fuehrer's Face (1943) The Spirit of '43 (1943) Donald's Tire Trouble (1943) The Flying Jalopy (1943) Fall Out Fall In (1943) The Old Army Game (1943) Home Defense (1943) Trombone Trouble (1944) Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944) Contrary Condor (1944) Commando Duck (1944) The Plastics Inventor (1944) Donald's Off Day (1944) The Clock Watcher (1945) The Eyes Have It (1945) Donald's Crime (1945) Duck Pimples (1945) No Sail (1945) Cured Duck (1945) Old Sequoia (1945) Donald's Double Trouble (1946) Wet Paint (1946) Dumb Bell of the Yukon (1946) Lighthouse Keeping (1946) Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive (1946) Straight Shooters (1947) Sleepy Time Donald (1947) Clown of the Jungle (1947) Donald's Dilemma (1947) Crazy with the Heat (1947) Bootle Beetle (1947) Wide Open Spaces (1947) Chip an' Dale (1947) Drip Dippy Donald (1948) Daddy Duck (1948) Donald's Dream Voice (1948) The Trial of Donald Duck (1948) Inferior Decorator (1948) Soup's On (1948) Three for Breakfast (1948) Tea for Two Hundred (1948) Donald's Happy Birthday (1949) Sea Salts (1949) Winter Storage (1949) Honey Harvester (1949) All in a Nutshell (1949) The Greener Yard (1949) Slide, Donald, Slide (1949) Toy Tinkers (1949)
1950s	Lion Around (1950) Crazy Over Daisy (1950) Trailer Horn (1950) Hook, Lion and Sinker (1950) Bee at the Beach (1950) Out on a Limb (1950) Dude Duck (1951) Corn Chips (1951) Test Pilot Donald (1951) Lucky Number (1951) Out of Scale (1951) Bee on Guard (1951) Donald Applecore (1952) Let's Stick Together (1952) Uncle Donald's Ants (1952) Trick or Treat (1952) Don's Fountain of Youth (1953) The New Neighbor (1953) Rugged Bear (1953) Working for Peanuts (1953) Canvas Back Duck (1953) Spare the Rod (1954) Donald's Diary (1954) Grin and Bear It (1954) The Flying Squirrel (1954) Dragon Around (1954) Grand Canyonscope (1954) No Hunting (1955) Bearly Asleep (1955) Beezy Bear (1955) Up a Tree (1955) Chips Ahoy (1956)
1960s	The Litterbug (1961)

Other short films

The Volunteer Worker (1940)
All Together (1942; cameo)
Donald's Decision (1942)
How to Have an Accident in the Home (1956)
How to Have an Accident at Work (1959)
Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
Donald and the Wheel (1961)
Steel & America (1965)
Donald's Fire Survival Plan (1966)
Family Planning (1967)
Plusaversary (2021; cameo)
Once Upon a Studio (2023)

Feature films

Theatrical	The Reluctant Dragon (1941) Saludos Amigos (1942) The Three Caballeros (1944) Fun and Fancy Free (1947) Melody Time (1948) Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Direct-to-video	Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) Mickey's House of Villains (2002) Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) Once Upon a Halloween (2005; archive footage)

TV series

The Mickey Mouse Club (1955–1959)
DuckTales (1987)
Quack Pack (1996)
Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2000)
House of Mouse (2001–2003)
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006–2016)
Minnie's Bow-Toons (2011–present)
Mickey Mouse (2013–2019)
Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures (2017–2021)
DuckTales (2017–2021)
Legend of the Three Caballeros (2018)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (2020–2023)
Mickey Mouse Funhouse (2021–present)
Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life (2021)

TV specials

Totally Minnie (1988)
Mickey's Tale of Two Witches (2021)
Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas (2021)
Mickey Saves Christmas (2022)
Mickey and Friends Trick or Treats (2023)

Film cameos

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
A Goofy Movie (1995)
The Lion King 1½ (2004)

Category

v t e Films directed by Jack King
Viva Buddy (1934) Buddy's Circus (1934) Buddy the Woodsman (1934) Buddy the Detective (1934) Buddy's Bearcats (1934) Hollywood Capers (1935) A Cartoonist's Nightmare (1935) Buddy the Gee Man (1935) Buddy Steps Out (1935) Buddy's Bug Hunt (1935) Buddy's Lost World (1935) The Phantom Ship (1936) Boom Boom (1936) The Fire Alarm (1936) Alpine Antics (1936) Westward Whoa (1936) Fish Tales (1936) Shanghaied Shipmates (1936) Porky's Pet (1936) Porky's Moving Day (1936) Modern Inventions (1937) Donald's Ostrich (1937) Self Control (1938) Donald's Better Self (1938) Donald's Golf Game (1938) Good Scouts (1938) Donald's Nephews (1938) The Autograph Hound (1939) Donald's Penguin (1939) Donald's Cousin Gus (1939) The Hockey Champ (1939) Donald's Lucky Day (1939) Fire Chief (1940) Window Cleaners (1940) Donald's Vacation (1940) Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940) Donald's Dog Laundry (1940) Chef Donald (1941) Old MacDonald Duck (1941) Truant Officer Donald (1941) Early to Bed (1941) Timber (1941) Bellboy Donald (1942) Sky Trooper (1942) The Vanishing Private (1942) Out of the Frying Pan into the Firing Line (1942) Donald Gets Drafted (1942) Donald's Snow Fight (1942) Home Defense (1943) The Old Army Game (1943) Fall Out Fall In (1943) The Spirit of '43 (1943) The Plastics Inventor (1944) Commando Duck (1944) Contrary Condor (1944) Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944) Trombone Trouble (1944) Old Sequoia (1945) Cured Duck (1945) Donald's Crime (1945) The Clock Watcher (1945) Defense Against Invasion (1946) Dumb Bell of the Yukon (1946) Wet Paint (1946) Donald's Double Trouble (1946) Wide Open Spaces (1947) Donald's Dilemma (1947) Sleepy Time Donald (1947) The Trial of Donald Duck (1948) Donald's Dream Voice (1948) Drip Dippy Donald (1948)

Films directed by Jack King