The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1945 · 8 mins · English

Directed by

Tex Avery

Starring

Frank Graham, Pinto Colvig, Bill Thompson, Paul Frees, Bea Benaderet, Imogene Lynn

Dangerous Dan McGoo, portrayed by Droopy, confronts the outlaw called the Wolf, who is intent on taking his sweetheart Lou, amid the bustling Alaska gold‑rush frontier. The episode follows their showdown in a snowy mining camp and is loosely adapted from Robert W. Service’s poem “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.”