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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 96/100. Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 94% of the 64 1940s animation movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 4m. Streaming on Disney+.
Synopsis
Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic96/100
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
5,383 audience votes
Key crew
- Joe GrantScreenplay
- Oliver WallaceOriginal Music Composer
- Frank ChurchillOriginal Music Composer
- Dick HuemerScreenplay
- Ben SharpsteenDirector
- Norman FergusonDirector
- Bill RobertsDirector
- Jack KinneyDirector
- Wilfred JacksonDirector
- Samuel ArmstrongDirector
Cast
- Edward BrophyTimothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
- Margaret WrightCasey Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
- Verna FeltonElephant Matriarch / Mrs. Jumbo (voice) (uncredited)
- Sarah SelbyPrissy the Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
- Noreen GammillCatty the Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
- Dorothy ScottGiddy the Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
- Herman BingThe Ringmaster (voice) (uncredited)
- Cliff EdwardsDandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)
- Jim CarmichaelDopey Crow (voice) (uncredited)
- Hall JohnsonDeacon Crow (voice) (uncredited)
- James BaskettFats Crow (voice) (uncredited)
- Sterling HollowayMr. Stork (voice) (uncredited)
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Themes
motherdreamsnightmaresufferingcircuscartoonclownearmusicalcrowaffectionstorch
Animation Movies on Disney+, Ranked
Dumbo is #28 of 60
