Billion Dollar Limited (1942)

You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.


This item is part of the collection: Animation Shorts

Production Company: Paramount Pictures / Famous Studios
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: superman; animation

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Christine Hennig - - September 1, 2005
Subject: Superman's Been Working on the Railroad

In this Fleischer Superman cartoon, Superman must save a runaway train full of gold bullion from some bad guys who are doing their level best to rob it. Lois Lane is in the thick of things, as usual, but this time she gets to take some pot shots at the bad guys with a machine gun, as well as trying to stop the train by pulling the emergency brake. Superman eventually saves the day by manually pulling the cars full of gold to the mintI guess if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. As usual, the graphic design is beautiful. Im not a superhero fan, but I must say these Fleischer Supermans are impressive.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: **. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ****.

Reviewer: Slelnecker - - March 16, 2005
Subject: 256Kb MPEG4 file works fine

Just downloaded the 256Kb MPEG4. Works fine in VLC media player

Reviewer: glenn - - October 27, 2004
Subject: 4.1 MB file corrupt as of 2004 October 27 0800zulu

Download the big one. The Mpeg1 file is just a green screen.

This file
http://www.archive.org/download/billion_dollar_limited/billion_dollar_limited.mpeg
is the good one until the smaller one is fixed.

This is an excellent piece of vintage animation. The 'camera angles' are particularly dramatic, reminiscent of the darker versions of Batman comics.

The train is being hijacked, Lois Lane ducks bullets then snatches up a tommy gun and returns fire. She's a tough lady.

If cartoons were animated this well now, I'd wake up early on Saturday to watch them.

Excellent print quality too.

Reviewer: FP - - October 23, 2004
Subject: Excellent print quality

You already know the film is good - but this copy is really clean, too. No scratches, dust, splices.

Reviewer: dynayellow - - October 22, 2004
Subject: Let's try shooting at Superman!

A Max Fleischer Superman cartoon, made in the fantastic style that would be copied (to a degree) later in the various DC animated stories.

In this one, a group of masked thugs decide to rob a gold train. Of course, Lois Lane is also riding on the train, giving Superman a reason to care. And of course, once the thugs realize who their dealing with, do they do the sensible thing and head for the hills? No. They <i>try shooting him.</i>

You'd think villains would have a newsletter or something where they could pass along these tips: bullets don't hurt Superman.

Anyway, a lot of fun, and some great retro animation.