The Shaggy Dog
"I was a Teen-age boy!"
"I was a Teen-age boy!"
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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1959
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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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Details
Runtime:
104 min
Release date:
19 Mar 1959
Country:
US
Languages:
French, English
Budget:
$1,250,000
Revenue:
$17,658,000
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
There are a good many laughs on this simple premise and the script's exploitation of them.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
12 May 2008
rotten:
Brisk but unrewarding.
– Howard Thompson,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
rotten:
This 1959 film was Disney's first live-action comedy; it isn't good, but it's certainly mythic.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
10 Jan 2004
rotten:
Unhappily, Producer Walt Disney tells his shaggy-dog story so doggedly that he soon runs it into the pound.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
9 Mar 2009