The Shaggy Dog (1959)
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67% of critics liked it
(18 reviews) -
55% of users liked it
(8,908 ratings)
This is a routine Disney comedy-fantasy about a boy who turns into a large sheep dog at the most inopportune moments. That is assuming there would be opportune moments. Young Wilby Daniels (Tommy Kirk) finds a magic ring that used to belong to the Borgia family. When he pronounces an inscription on… More This is a routine Disney comedy-fantasy about a boy who turns into a large sheep dog at the most inopportune moments. That is assuming there would be opportune moments. Young Wilby Daniels (Tommy Kirk) finds a magic ring that used to belong to the Borgia family. When he pronounces an inscription on the ring, he is suddenly able to transform himself into a shaggy dog -- though he has no control over when this is going to happen. To his dismay, the girl he likes gets involved without knowing who the dog really is. At the same time, the only way Wilby can break the spell is to perform some virtuous deed. Fortunately for him, a few Soviet spies are just hanging around, waiting to be uncovered by a canine. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Barton
- Written By
- Bill Walsh, Lillie Hayward
- Genres
- Kids & Family, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
G,
- In Theaters
- Mar 19, 1959 Wide
Critic Reviews
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, TIME Magazine
Unhappily, Producer Walt Disney tells his shaggy-dog story so doggedly that he soon runs it into the pound.
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Variety Staff, Variety
There are a good many laughs on this simple premise and the script's exploitation of them.
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Howard Thompson, New York Times
Brisk but unrewarding.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
This 1959 film was Disney's first live-action comedy; it isn't good, but it's certainly mythic.
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Polly M. Robertus, Common Sense Media
A lovable mutt of a classic comedy.
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Cast
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Fred MacMurray
as Wilson Daniels
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Jean Hagen
as Frieda Daniels
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Tommy Kirk
as Wilby Daniels
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Annette Funicello
as Allison D'Allessio
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Tim Considine
as Buzz Miller
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Kevin Corcoran
as "Moochie" Daniels
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Cecil Kellaway
as Prof. Plumcutt
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Alexander Scourby
as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
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Roberta Shore
as Franceska Andrassy
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James Westerfield
as Officer Hanson
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Jacques Aubuchon
as Stefano
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Strother Martin
as Thurm
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Forrest Lewis
as Officer Kelly
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Ned Wever
as E.P. Hackett
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Gordon Jones
as Capt. Scanlon
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Jack Albertson
as Reporter
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Shaggy
as Himself
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Mack Williams
as Betz
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Paul H. Frees
as Psychiatrist
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John Hart
as Police Broadcaster
