'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
Practical Effects
Every toon-touches-human moment is optical illusion sorcery.
Acting
Bob Hoskins eye-acted with tennis balls for months. Legend behavior.
Production
Disney and Warner Bros. toons sharing a scene? Unprecedented, unrepeated.
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Bob Hoskins
Eddie Valiant
Christopher Lloyd
Judge Doom
Joanna Cassidy
Dolores
Charles Fleischer
Roger Rabbit / Benny The Cab / Greasy / Psycho (voice)
Kathleen Turner
Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Stubby Kaye
Marvin Acme
Alan Tilvern
R.K. Maroon
Richard LeParmentier
Lt. Santino
Lou Hirsch
Baby Herman (voice)
Betsy Brantley
Jessica's Performance Model
Joel Silver
Raoul
Richard Ridings
Angelo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Charles Fleischer insisted on performing Roger in a full rabbit costume on set so Hoskins had proper eyelines.
This film nearly killed the union between Disney and Spielberg—Mickey and Bugs share only 6 seconds, contractually equal screen time down to the frame.
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