The Shaggy Dog
"I was a Teen-age boy!"
Overview
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.
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Cast & Crew
Fred MacMurray
as Wilson Daniels
Jean Hagen
as Freeda Daniels
Tommy Kirk
as Wilby Daniels
Annette Funicello
as Allison D'Allessio
Tim Considine
as Buzz Miller
Kevin Corcoran
as Moochie Daniels
Cecil Kellaway
as Professor Plumcutt
Alexander Scourby
as Mikhail Andrassy
Roberta Shore
as Franceska Andrassy
James Westerfield
as Officer Hanson
