Tale of a Dog When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic. Details Casts Posters Title Tale of a Dog Release Date 1944-04-15 Runtime 00 Hours 11 Minutes Genres Comedy Family Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production Countries United States of America Billie Thomas... Buckwheat Thomas... Billy Laughlin... Froggy Laughlin... Janet Burston... Janet... Robert Blake... Mickey Blake... Cordell Hickman... Big Shot Jones... Dickie Hall... ... Frank Ward... ... Margaret Bert... Gossiper (voice)... Anita Sharp-Bolster... Gossiper... Willa Pearl Curtis... Buckwheat's Mother... Fern Emmett... Gossiper... Emmett Vogan... Dr. Parkson... Dorothy Newmann... Gossiper... Original Size (690x1024)