Tot Watchers

Tot Watchers
Title card
Directed by
Story byHomer Brightman
Produced by
  • William Hanna
  • Joseph Barbera
Starring
Music byScott Bradley
Animation by
Layouts byRichard Bickenbach
Backgrounds byRobert Gentle
Color process
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • August 1, 1958 (1958-08-01)
Running time
6:39
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tot Watchers is a 1958 American one-reel animated Tom and Jerry action comedy short. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. The short was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 1, 1958. It is the 114th and last Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoon produced or directed by both Hanna and Barbera, and the last cartoon short of the series until Gene Deitch's Switchin' Kitten in 1961. Barbera would return to direct one final Tom and Jerry theatrical short, The Karate Guard, in 2005.

In the film, Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse initially attempt to return a wandering infant to its caretaker. When the baby resumes its wanderings and enters a construction site, they go out of their way to protect it. Afterwards, the duo are mistaken for kidnappers and arrested by the police for child kidnapping.