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  • The Shaggy Dog
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  • The Shaggy Dog was a 1959 black and white film about a teenage boy who tansforms into an Old English Sheepdog via a cursed ring. The film was the first Disney live-action comedy, and was based on The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten (creator of Bambi). Featuring many Disney veterans, including Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello, and directed by The Mickey Mouse Club director Charles Barton, the film spawned several sequels and a 2006 remake starring Tim Allen.
  • The Shaggy Dog is a black and white 1959 Walt Disney film about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who is transformed into an Old English Sheepdog by an enchanted ring of the Borgias. It 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.
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Producer
Name
  • The Shaggy Dog
Caption
  • Original Theatrical Poster
Language
  • English
  • French
  • Latin Spanish
Cinematography
  • Edward Colman
Music
  • Paul J. Smith
Studio
Distributor
Release
  • 1959-03-19
Time
  • 6240.0
Writer
  • Bill Walsh
  • Felix Salten
  • Lillie Hayward
Director
  • Charles Barton
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  • The Shaggy Dog is a black and white 1959 Walt Disney film about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who is transformed into an Old English Sheepdog by an enchanted ring of the Borgias. It 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. It was followed by a 1987 TV-movie sequel, a 1994 TV-movie remake and a 2006 theatrical remake (see legacy section below). A colorized version of the film can be found on the 1997 VHS.
  • The Shaggy Dog was a 1959 black and white film about a teenage boy who tansforms into an Old English Sheepdog via a cursed ring. The film was the first Disney live-action comedy, and was based on The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten (creator of Bambi). Featuring many Disney veterans, including Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello, and directed by The Mickey Mouse Club director Charles Barton, the film spawned several sequels and a 2006 remake starring Tim Allen.