Robot Wrecks 82 years old

Robot Wrecks

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.

Credits

Robot Wrecks Cast

Name Character
Robert Blake He was 7, now 90 years old as Mickey (as Our Gang)
George McFarland He was 12, 64 years old when he died as Spanky (as Our Gang)
Billy Bletcher He was 46, 84 years old when he died as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Billy Laughlin He was 9, 16 years old when he died as Froggy (as Our Gang)
Margaret Bert She was 45, 74 years old when she died as Froggy's Mother (uncredited)
Darla Hood She was 9, 47 years old when she died as Darla (as Our Gang)

Robot Wrecks Crew

Name Department
Edward L. Cahn as Director. He was 42 (64) years old when He died Directing
Edward L. Cahn as Producer. He was 42 (64) years old when He died Production
Hal Law as Screenplay. He was 37 (76) years old when He died Writing
Robert A. McGowan as Screenplay. He was 40 (54) years old when He died Writing
Jackson Rose as Director of Photography. He was 54 (69) years old when He died Camera
Leon Bourgeau as Editor. He was 34 (96) years old when He died Editing
Richard Duce as Art Direction. He was 55 (77) years old when He died Art
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Robot Wrecks (82 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, July 12, 1941
  • Runtime: 11 minutes