The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1966)
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49% of users liked it
(599 ratings)
This rambunctious Disney comedy was based on the novel By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman. Roddy McDowall plays Griffin, the very proper butler of Bostonian Bryan Russell. When Russell runs off to California during the 1849 gold rush, Griffin dutifully tags along. Master and butler team up… More This rambunctious Disney comedy was based on the novel By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman. Roddy McDowall plays Griffin, the very proper butler of Bostonian Bryan Russell. When Russell runs off to California during the 1849 gold rush, Griffin dutifully tags along. Master and butler team up with Shakespearean actor Richard Haydn, who owns a treasure map. Crooked judge Karl Malden (a master of many disguises), pilfers the map once Our Heroes reach San Francisco. While endeavoring to retrieve the valuable parchment, Griffin has any number of adventures, ranging from a bout of fisticuffs with ox-like Mike Mazurki to a romance with Russell's sister Suzanne Pleshette, a former debutante turned saloon singer. If Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin resembles an animated cartoon at times, credit should go to veteran Disney animator Ward Kimball, who provided the spirited cartoon transitions between scenes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Neilson
- Genres
- Western, Kids & Family, Classics, Comedy
G,
- In Theaters
- Mar 8, 1967 Wide
- On DVD
- Apr 12, 2005
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Dated Disney fare, best left to TV.
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
It's not high art (and it's sure not close to "classic" status), but Bullwhip presents some old-fashioned family fun that won't have the grown-ups running for cover.
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Cast
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Roddy McDowall
as Bullwhip Griffin
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Suzanne Pleshette
as Arabella Flagg
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Karl Malden
as Judge Higgins
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Harry Guardino
as Sam Trimble
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Bryan Russell
as Jack Flagg
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Hermione Baddeley
as Irene Chesney
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Richard Haydn
as Quentin Bartlett
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Liam Redmond
as Capt. Swain
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Cecil Kellaway
as Mr. Pemberton
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Joby Baker
as Bandido leader
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Mike Mazurki
as Mountain Ox
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Alan Carney
as Joe Turner
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Parley Baer
as Chief Executioner
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Arthur Hunnicutt
as Referee
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Dub Taylor
as Timekeeper
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Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
as Bandido
- Gil Lamb
- Burt Mustin
- John Qualen
- Dave Willock
