Shinbone Alley (1970)

Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office He also discovers that he can still write poetry using a typewriter and begins to enjoy his new life Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but selfdestructive cat Mehitabel but will have to fight to win her from badboy tomcat Bill