Johnny the Jig

Johnny the Giant Killer aka Johnny vs the Giant or Johnny Little and the Giant (French: Jeannot l'intrépide) is a 1950 French fantasy animated film directed by Jean Image. The film was made in 11⁄2 years with a very small crew. The first feature-length animated film made in France, the work's music was composed by René Cloërec. The film won the Venice Film Festival's Grand Prix for children's films, and was picked up for U.S. distribution in 1953 by Lippert Pictures, a company specialising in B-movies. The bees would later appear in the 1960-1963 television series Joe the Little Boom Boom and the 1973 film of the same name which was released as Johnny in the Valley of the Giants in English-speaking territories.