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The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Movie""I was a Teen-age boy!""
Audience Score
61
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G 1 hr 44 minMar 19th, 1959Fantasy, Family, ComedyThe Shaggy Dog Collection PosterPart of The Shaggy Dog Collection
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....
StarringFred MacMurrayJean HagenTommy Kirk
DirectorCharles Barton

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 19th, 1959
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 3rd, 2004 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$1,250,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$17,658,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Walt Disney Productions
Movie Tags:
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The Shaggy Dog Collection

The Shaggy Dog is a 1959 Walt Disney film about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who by the power of an enchanted ring of the Borgias is transformed into the title character, a shaggy Old English Sheepdog. The film was based on the story, The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten. It is directed by Charles Barton and stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. It was the first ever Walt Disney live-action comedy. Walt Disney Productions filmed a successful sequel in 1976 called The Shaggy D.A. which starred Dean Jones, Tim Conway, and Suzanne Pleshette. This was then followed by a 1987 television sequel, a 1994 television remake and a 2006 live-action theatrical remake.