The Shaggy Dog(Movie, 1959)

Name: The Shaggy Dog
Genre: Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
Released: 1959
Duration: T01:44:00
Rating: 3.1

| 1h 44min | Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 31 votes)

The Shaggy Dog is a 1959 American fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1923 novel The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten. Directed by Charles Barton from a screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Bill Walsh, the film stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. The film follows a teenage boy named Wilby Daniels who, by the power of an enchanted ring of the Borgias, is transformed into a shaggy Old English Sheepdog. The film was released on March 19, 1959, and grossed over $9 million during its initial release, making i... ()

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About The Shaggy Dog

Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery....

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Trailer for The Shaggy Dog + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Clip | Trailer(Trailer, 1:34)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Based on: "The Hound of Florence" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Walt Disney Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK)

Status: Released

Release date GB: 03/19/1959

Cast: Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Tim Considine, Cecil Kellaway, Alexander Scourby, Gordon Jones, Gregg Palmer, Jacques Aubuchon, James Westerfield, Kevin Corcoran, Paul Frees, Strother Martin, Roberta Shore, Forrest Lewis, Ned Wever, John Hart, Jack Albertson, Mack Williams

Narrator: Paul Frees

Director: Charles Barton

Producer: Walt Disney, Bill Walsh

Screenwriter: Bill Walsh, Lillie Hayward

Executive Producer: Bill Walsh

Film Editor: James Ballas

Director of Photography: Edward Colman

Art Director: Carroll Clark

Composer: Paul Smith

Costume designer: Chuck Keehne, Gertrude Casey

Production Designer: Emile Kuri, Fred M. MacLean

Other Team Members: Arthur J. Vitarelli, T. Hee, Bill Justice, Xavier Atencio, Robert O. Cook, Harry Lindgren, Evelyn Kennedy, Joseph Mullendore

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Soltando os Cachorros"

"Shaggy Dog, The (1959)"

Keywords: magic, dog, turns into animal, sheep dog

Budget: 1,250,000 USD

Revenue: 17,658,000 USD (= 1,413%)