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Plot

Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester are chasing around. Speedy scares Sylvester and forces him to fall off the edge. In an attempt to capture Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester goes to the Pet Shop to get a secret weapon. Sylvester acquires a hunting bird, a falcon named Malcolm Falcon, with disastrous results. Malcolm gets upset with Sylvester so he pecked Sylvester's head. Sylvester tells Malcolm to save it. Speedy comes up to ask, "Hello Pussycats, what you got in the bag?" Sylvester answers by releasing Malcolm the Falcon. Malcolm tries to catch the mouse but misses. A plane flies by and sucks the falcon in. Sylvester helps the falcon recover and Malcolm pecks on Sylvester's head again. Speedy tells Sylvester that he has a secret underneath his hat. As Sylvester tries to guess what it is underneath Speedy's hat. Sylvester talks to himself while the falcon brings him a stick of dynamite. After the explosion Malcolm pecks on Sylvester's head again. Malcolm tries to get the mouse again, but Speedy puts salt on the falcon's tail. To prove to Malcolm that's just a superstition, Sylvester puts the salt on his own tail. Speedy then tells them to wag their tails. The falcon wiggles his tail and it comes off, then the cat's tail wiggles and comes off, the latter of which Speedy finds hilarious. Sylvester and Malcolm then head back to town to get glue to put their tails back on. While laughing at the sight, Speedy is unaware that salt is pouring on his tail, until it also falls off. Chasing after Sylvester and Malcom, he cries "Amigos, wait, wait, save some glue for me", and the short fades out.

Crew

*Co-Director: Hawley Pratt *Story: John Dunn *Animation: Norm McCabe, Don Williams, Bob Matz, Wolfgang Reitherman, Ward Kimball *Assistant Layout: Homer Jonas *Background: Tom O'Loughlin *Camera: John Burton, Jr. *Film Editor: Lee Gunther *Production Manager: Bill Orcutt *Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc *Music: Bill Lava *Produced by: David H. DePatie & Friz Freleng *Directed by: Friz Freleng

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* {{Friz Freleng 1964 animated films 1964 short films Speedy Gonzales films Sylvester the Cat films Short films directed by Friz Freleng Merrie Melodies short films DePatie–Freleng Enterprises short films 1964 films Animated films about birds Films set in Mexico Films scored by William Lava 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films 1960s English-language films