Directed by:
Richard FleischerScreenplay:
Leslie BricusseCinematography:
Robert SurteesComposer:
Leslie BricusseCast:
Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough, Peter Bull, Muriel Landers, Portia Nelson, William Dix, Geoffrey Holder, Norma Varden (more)VOD (3)
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Classic musical based on Hugh Lofting's books about a 19th century veterinary surgeon. Doctor Dolittle (Rex Harrison), an expert in animal languages, finds that his ability to talk to the animals puts him into a mental asylum. He manages to escape and begins a journey in search of the great pink sea snail in the South Seas. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Rex Harrison
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Cleopatra (1963)
Samantha Eggar
UK
Best movies:
The Magic Voyage (1992)
Hercules (1997)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Anthony Newley
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Richard Attenborough
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hamlet (1996)
Peter Bull
UK
Best movies:
Muriel Landers
USA
Best movies:
Pillow Talk (1959)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
MacDonald of the Canadian Mounties (1952)
Portia Nelson
USA
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
The Other (1972)
William Dix
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
The Nanny (1965)
Superstition (2001)
Geoffrey Holder
Best movies:
Norma Varden
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Ted Stanhope
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
High Noon (1952)
Three Little Words (1950)
Jesslyn Fax
Canada
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
North by Northwest (1959)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Queenie Leonrad
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Mary Poppins (1964)
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
Edward Cast
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The One That Got Away (1957)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Arthur Gould-Porter
UK
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Random Harvest (1942)
Jack Raine
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Gilchrist Stuart
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Morituri (1965)
Lars Hensen
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Apartment (1960)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Ginny Tyler
USA
Best movies:
Mary Poppins (1964)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (1979) (series)
Judy the Chimpanzee
Best movies:
Doctor Dolittle (1967)