THUGS WITH DIRTY MUGS (1939) Thugs with Dirty Mugs is a 1939 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. Its title and subject matter (movie gangsters) are a parody of Warner's own 1938 acclaimed feature film, Angels with Dirty Faces. It is directed by Tex Avery. Written by Jack Miller. Music by Carl W. Stalling. Killer and his gang are robbing every bank in town in numerical order, except they skip the 13th National Bank. The police are unable to catch them, despite their predictability (and their endless sight gags). Finally, they get help from an unlikely source: the guy in the front of the theatre who sat through the picture before. They capture Killer, and he gets a long sentence, which he has to write on the blackboard 1,000 times. RETURN TO VIDEOCLIPS RETURN TO THE STARLITE PAGE