The Shaggy Dog
The Shaggy Dog is a 1959 American 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.
Plot
Wilbur "Wilby" Daniels is a boy who is misunderstood by his father, Wilson. Wilson thinks Wilby is crazy half the time because of his elder son's often dangerous inventions. As a retired mailman who often ran afoul of canines, he has a hatred of dogs, and he simply cannot understand why his younger son, Montgomery ("Moochie"), would want a dog.
Cast
- Alexander Scourby
- Annette Funicello
- Cecil Kellaway
- Forrest Lewis
- Fred MacMurray
- Gordon Jones
- Gregg Palmer
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- Jack Albertson
- Jacques Aubuchon
- James Westerfield
- Jean Hagen
- John Hart
- Kevin Corcoran
- Mack Williams
- Ned Wever
- Paul Frees
- Roberta Shore
- Strother Martin
- Tim Considine
- Tommy Kirk
More details
| author | Bill Walsh Lillie Hayward |
|---|---|
| director | Charles Barton |
| editor | James Ballas |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | act adoptive father arrest bound and gagged change of heart curse dog attack french girl gag harbor patrol hatred hot rod human form in the closet inscription knock out old english sheepdog retire shape-shifting spy ring think true identity want water police wrestle |
| musicBy | Paul Smith |
| producer | Walt Disney |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| theme | shapeshifting |