cricket30 Review of Northwest Hounded Police

Northwest Hounded Police (1946)

As was the case with the first-ever Droopy episode . . .

[7/10 · 11 July 2022]

. . . the crime dog is on the trail of a death row escapee during NORTHWEST HOUNDED POLICE. Exactly like a couple years earlier with DUMB-HOUNDED, alleged Mountie Droopy seems to be operating at a serious deficiency with his apparent lack of firepower. Though the condemned wolf is confusing the issue with razor-sharp scalpels like Travolta and Cage in FACE/OFF, mini mutt Droopy cannot respond in kind, mostly appearing to be unarmed. This is NOT standard operating procedure for Law Enforcement Officers on the trail of desperate Death Row absconders. Rather, such legal beagles take up the pursuit armed to the teeth, with all manner of Peacemakers and military-style assault rods in hand. Therefore, this film is as demeaning to actual law officers as the earlier dumb movie. Do not forget that Droopy was dreamed up by the same Tinsel Town Studio that foisted off that infamous "Crime Pays" series during the identical decades their crime canine was lampooning the police. Shame on them!