Flanigan himself gets help from a man in the front of the theatre who has already seen the whole movie; he tells him that Killer is making plans to go to the estate of Mrs. Lotta Jewels at 10:00 in the evening.

While Killer and his gang are at the estate, listening to The Lone Stranger on the radio, Flanigan and his men capture the criminals at gunpoint.

"[3] Animation historian Greg Ford said Thugs with Dirty Mugs "insightfully satirizes the live-action crime thrillers being made at the Warner Bros. studios during this period...

The real secret behind Thugs with Dirty Mugs' durability lies in the spot-on accuracy with which the cartoon reconstructs the trappings of Warner's gangster films.

"[4] Thugs with Dirty Mugs was released uncut and restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3.