Chuck Jones was set to make a Tom and Jerry movie in the 1970s, but eventually pulled out after being unable to find a suitable script.
The only film in the series to feature Tom and Jerry speaking. Due to negative reception of this decision and the film in general, Tom and Jerry returned to being silent characters in subsequent projects.
The restaurant out of which Tom gets thrown is called Bill and Joe's Steak and Seafood, a homage to the original Tom and Jerry creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
The first Tom and Jerry feature film.
Tom and Jerry rarely talked in some of the original cartoons like The Lonesome Mouse (1943) and Jerry had a speaking role in Anchors Aweigh (1945).