Robot Wrecks

Story

Synopsis

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.

Director

Edward L. Cahn

Writers

Robert A. McGowan, Hal Law

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

12 July 1941

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Robert Blake

  Mickey

• 

  Darla Hood

  Darla

• 

  Billy Laughlin

  Froggy

• 

  George McFarland

  Spanky

• 

  Billie Thomas

  Buckwheat

• Margaret Bert

  Froggy's Mother (uncredited)

• 

  Billy Bletcher

  Froggy's Father (uncredited)