Aunt Harriet leaves Tom $1m on the condition that he doesn't harm a living thing, even a mouse. Naturally, this gives Jerry free rein to torment Tom, but a cat can only be pushed so far...This one is a fairly predictable example of Tom and Jerry knockabout fun-nothing exceptional, but enjoyable enough for fans of the cat and mouse. Jerry helping himself to Tom's food at every turn is vert amusing, as is his ability to suddenly appear despite Tom's best efforts to distance himself from the rodent (Jerry reappears even after being tricked into leaping out of the window of Tom's Park Avenue penthouse apartment).The finale holds few surprises, with Tom finally losing his patience and attacking Jerry. He's thrown away his fortune, but he's happy!

The Million Dollar Cat (1944) *** 1/2 (out of 4) One of the classics in the series, Tom receives a telegram telling him that he's inherited a million dollars but he can only keep it as long as he doesn't hurt anything. Including a mouse. Tom heads to New York City where he's living it up but it doesn't take long for Jerry to show up and begin tormenting him. THE MILLION DOLLAR CAT is the one episode where I can say I really, really hated Jerry. I mean, he's just so vicious and cruel to Tom here that you can't help but hope something happens to him so that Tom can enjoy his life and money. This film features a lot of very funny moments but of course it's all building up to whether or not Tom flips out and gives up on the money. Very fast, very fun and certainly one of the best.

In this picture from 1944, Tom gets an telegram that states he inherited a million dollars. Provided he dosen't harm any living creature including an mouse. Jerry loves the clause but Tom dosen't. They end up in Park Avenue in an New York City apartment and throughout the picture, Jerry keeps reminding Tom about the telegram. Which forces Tom to seemingly to make sure Jerry's death was acendental. However, no matter what Tom does, there was Jerry not far behind. They even shared an bed together expect that Jerry pushes tom off the bed and just when Tom is preparing to kill Jerry with an bat, he reminds Tom about the telegram. So, Tom hits himself with the bat. Eventually, Tom's had it and stuffed Jerry's mouth with the telegram,and starts his revenge with Jerry. He tells the audience that he's throwing away an million dollars. But, he's happy and resumes his revenge. Now this is one of an few films that either character speaks as well. I recommend it as well.This picture gets an 8 out of 10.

Tom the cat stands to inherit a cool million dollars even on the stipulation that he can't harm one single living thing even a mouse. So of course Jerry the mouse has a field day with this news and torments Tom unmercifully, but you can only push a cat so far. This is a humorous cartoon. Tom speaks in this one, but it's not as grating as it was in the "Zoot Cat" short so I didn't mind quite as much. While it's not one of Tom and Jerry's best if you like these type of animated shorts, you could really do worse than this one. This cartoon can be found on disc one of the Spotlight collection DVD of "Tom & Jerry" My Grade: B+