米高梅公司在1961年把猫和老鼠系列交给东欧联盟公司制作，由吉恩·戴奇担任导演，共13集。

喧哗熙攘的大都会闹市街头，夜幕降临，街头巷角人头攒动。汤姆和杰瑞这对冤家在人群中穿来穿去，展开新一轮的追逐战。他们躲过了飞驰而来的车轮和行人密密麻麻的脚步，杰瑞慌不择路，径直钻进附近的一个剧院。此时，剧院即将上演著名歌剧《卡门》，灯火辉煌的剧院门口，人们鱼贯而入，热闹非凡。汤姆随之追了进去，却被门口的工作人员扔了出来。如是三番，他总算伪装成拿着大提琴的音乐家混入剧场。汤姆蹑手蹑脚做到舞台中央的位置上，原来提琴盒子里是一只小巧的提琴，提琴里面放着录音带，可以顺利地“演奏”出卡门的旋律来。 利用这个机会，汤姆对杰瑞展开追杀。而这对吵闹的冤家也让这场演出充满了混乱和不可预测性……

蛮荒西部，非法横行。杰瑞是当地一个臭名昭著的奶酪大盗，他经常潜入当地的奶酪店大快朵颐，任凭老板如何防范也挡不住他的脚步。奶酪老板恼羞成怒，找到小镇治安官要求严惩杰瑞。警长淡定自若，声称已经请来技术高超的捕鼠专家汤姆，不日将把杰瑞捉拿归案。这一消息也让在门外偷听的杰瑞恐慌不已。未过多久，高傲自信的汤姆抵达小镇，他在警长面前大秀自己拙劣的手法和技巧，稍后奉命和杰瑞站在小镇中央决斗。可是他忙中出错，闹出丢脸的事来，反倒由此助长了杰瑞的嚣张气焰。 此后，杰瑞逃进家中，而愤怒的汤姆依然想将他捉拿归案，警匪之争逐渐升级……

In a 19th century fishing harbor, the captain of the Komquot is obsessed with catching the great white whale Dicky Moe. His obsession unnerves his crew so badly that they all desert the ship. Shortly afterward, the captain finds Tom searching for food in the harbor, knocks him out, and takes him aboard. Tom believes at first that he is going on a cruise, but the captain soon puts him to work scrubbing the deck.

Tom becomes fearless when he feels like going into the eerie castle.

This short film is the first film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel, The Hobbit. The film is a considered an "ashcan copy" as it was made quickly and cheaply by the producer to keep the rights to to the material.