---
title: 'Footrot Flats: The Dog''s Tale (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Murray Ball'
released: '1986-12-01'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'New Zealand'
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/footrot-flats-the-dogs-tale-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131400/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986)

1986 · Comedy · New Zealand, Australia


## Synopsis

Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale is a 1986 New Zealand animated musical comedy film based on cartoonist Murray Ball's comic strip Footrot Flats about a New Zealand farmer and his border collie sheepdog. Written by Ball and Tom Scott, directed by Ball, and produced by John Barnett and Pat Cox, with music by Dave Dobbyn, the voice cast includes leading New Zealand actors John Clarke, Peter Rowley, Rawiri Paratene, Fiona Samuel, and Billy T. James.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Murray Ball](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-ball)
- **Screenplay:** [Tom Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-scott-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dave Dobbyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-dobbyn)

## Cast

- [Brian Sergent](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-sergent)
- [Peter Rowley](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-rowley)
- [Fiona Samuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/fiona-samuel)
- [Marshall Napier](https://cinepixo.com/people/marshall-napier)
- [Rawiri Paratene](https://cinepixo.com/people/rawiri-paratene)
- [Billy T. James](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-t-james)
- [John Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-clarke)

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