on Ferdinand's skateboard and crash onto the paddle steamer, which sails out of control down the river. Robyn's father arrives by helicopter and rescues her, while Tom and Jerry barely manage to survive the cabin's collapse. The pair begin a new life in Robyn's luxurious villa and return to their old habits. Voice cast Richard Kind as Tom Dana Hill as Jerry Anndi McAfee as Robyn Starling Charlotte Rae as Aunt Pristine Figg Tony Jay as Lickboot Michael Bell as Ferdinand and Straycatcher 1 Henry Gibson as Dr. Applecheek Ed Gilbert as Puggsy, Mr. Starling David Lander as Frankie da Flea Rip Taylor as Captain Kiddie Howard Morris as Squawk Sydney Lassick as Straycatcher 2 Don Messick as Droopy Tino Insana as Police Officer B. J. Ward as Tom's Owner Greg Burson as Moving Man Raymond McLeod as Bulldog Raymond McLeod, Mitchell D. Moore, Scott Wojahn as Alleycats Production Development There were numerous attempts to make a Tom and Jerry feature film, mainly in the 1970s after the successful reruns of the original cartoons and the airings of the new TV animated versions (although there have been debatable possibilities of making attempts in the golden age of cartoons). Chuck Jones, who previously worked on his take on the characters in his studio MGM Animation/Visual Arts, wanted to make a Tom and Jerry film but later pulled the plug on the idea due to not finding a suitable script to work with. Among of the attempts (with Jones involved) was when MGM wanted to make the feature in live-action with David Newman (one of the writers who wrote Bonnie and Clyde) to write the screenplay and for Dustin Hoffman and Chevy Chase to star as the duo, but sometime later, the idea was shelved. In the late 1980s, Phil Roman and his company Film Roman managed to revive the attempts of making an animated film featuring the duo after his experience in directing the animated specials featuring another popular cartoon cat Garfield, as well as his love for the original Tom and Jerry cartoons. This gave the opportunity of making it the first theatrical animated film for Film Roman and his second directorial role for a theatrical animated film since Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown, though in this case as an individual director after directing the TV movie Garfield: His 9 Lives, with Joseph Barbera aboard as a consultant. One