Cracked Ice (1938): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1938, Cracked Ice is an animation film directed by Frank Tashlin, running about 8 minutes.

What it’s about. It's ice skating time. After a few generic ice-skating gags, we get to the main story. An animal falls through the ice, and a pig doing W.C. Fields (W.C. Squeals, apparently) calls for help from a Saint Bernard dog. The dog dispenses a drink, and Squeals begins scheming to get some himself. First he tries faking his own fall through the ice, but the dog sees through it and downs the drink himself. Then Squeals tries using a dish of bones and a magnet, but the magnet falls through the ice and gets stuck around a fish. The fish then swims through a liquor spill from the dog's casket; the drunken fish grabs an ax and, swimming in a circle, dunks another skater. He then latches onto Squeals' skates, and hauls him into an ice-skating contest, where the fish-induced antics win him first prize. Squeals fills the loving cup from the dog's cask, and the fish swims off with it.

Who’s in it. Cracked Ice stars Mel Blanc as Russian Dogs / Drowning Bird / Drunk Fish / Skating Judge and Tedd Pierce as W.C. Fields pig.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.5/10, Cracked Ice has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Cracked Ice page.

If you liked it. Fans of Cracked Ice tend to enjoy Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland, Your Name. - Gestern, heute und für immer, Die letzten Glühwürmchen and Spider-Man: A New Universe.