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UNITED STATES · 1939

The Good Egg

Chuck Jones
Classical Hollywood adoption bullying found family acceptance heroism
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Synopsis

A hen adopts an abandoned egg which hatches into a turtle. The baby turtle becomes the butt of all the real chicks' jokes until danger threatens.

Year1939
CountryUnited States
DirectorChuck Jones
MovementClassical Hollywood
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