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A Balasaur Score of 49 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 29%, Metacritic 34/100. Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do. Most of the 84 1960s family movies in this catalog score higher. It runs long at 2h 31m.
Synopsis
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Metacritic34/100
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
206 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard FleischerDirector
- Leslie BricusseScreenplay
- Leslie BricusseOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rex HarrisonDr. John Dolittle
- Samantha EggarEmma Fairfax
- Anthony NewleyMatthew Mugg
- Richard AttenboroughAlbert Blossom
- Peter BullGeneral Bellowes
- Muriel LandersMrs. Blossom
- William DixTommy Stubbins
- Geoffrey HolderWilliam Shakespeare X
- Portia NelsonSarah Dolittle
- Norma VardenLady Fetherington
- Frank BakerTrial Spectator (uncredited)
- Edward CastPrison Guard (uncredited)
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Themes
englandparrotmusicalvegetarianvictorian englandbased on children's bookrainstormseal (animal)talking to animalsshellquest19th century