Claws for Alarm

Claws for Alarm is a short animated comedy in which Porky Pig and Sylvester stop for the night at a hotel. Sylvester soon comes to believe the place is overrun with danger, while Porky remains oblivious to what is going on around him. The film runs seven minutes and was released in May 1954 by Warner Bros. Cartoons.

Chuck Jones directed, working from a story produced by Edward Selzer, with Mel Blanc providing the voices of both Porky and Sylvester. It sits early in the run of films credited to Jones in the facts, arriving as the fourth of fifteen and following Beep, Beep, with Baby Buggy Bunny coming next.

Audience response has remained positive over the decades. On IMDb it holds a rating of 7.8 from 935 votes, and on TMDB it has a rating of 7.3 from 43 votes. The smaller TMDB sample is close to the larger IMDb figure, suggesting the short has kept a consistent reputation among viewers who seek out the Warner Bros. cartoon catalog.