Blue Cat Blues

Blue Cat Blues
The ending of the short featuring Tom and Jerry, both depressed and heartbroken on a railroad track.
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Story byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Produced byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
StarringPaul Frees
Narrated byPaul Frees
Music byScott Bradley
Animation by
Layouts byRichard Bickenbach
Backgrounds byRobert Gentle
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 4, 1956 (1956-11-04)
(earliest known date)
Running time
6:49
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Blue Cat Blues is a 1956 one-reel animated Tom and Jerry cartoon written, directed and produced by co-creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The short was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 4, 1956 in CinemaScope. It is the series' 103rd entry.

Unusual for a Tom and Jerry cartoon, Jerry "speaks" through an inner monologue, voiced by Paul Frees.