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title: 'The Reluctant Dragon (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hamilton Luske'
released: '1941-06-20'
runtime_minutes: 72
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-reluctant-dragon-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034091/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Reluctant Dragon (1941)

1941 · 72 min · United States


## Synopsis

The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American live-action/animated anthology comedy film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Alfred Werker, and released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 27, 1941. Essentially a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios facility in Burbank, California, the film stars Algonquin Round Table member, film actor, writer and comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Norman Ferguson, Clarence Nash, and Walt Disney, all as themselves.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Churchill](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-churchill), [Charles Wolcott](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-wolcott)
- **Director:** [Hamilton Luske](https://cinepixo.com/people/hamilton-luske), [Alfred L. Werker](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-l-werker), [Erwin Verity](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-verity), [Ford Beebe Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/ford-beebe-jr), [Jim Handley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-handley)
- **Screenplay:** [William Cottrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-cottrell), [Al Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-perkins), [Larry Clemmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-clemmons), [Ted Sears](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-sears)

## Cast

- [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney) as self
- [Barnett Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/barnett-parker)
- [Norm Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/norm-ferguson) as self
- [Retta Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/retta-scott)
- [Robert Benchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-benchley) as self
- [John Dehner](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dehner)
- [Maurice Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-murphy-2)
- [Frank Churchill](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-churchill)
- [Henry Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-hall) as Studio cop
- [Verna Hillie](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-hillie)
- [Lester Dorr](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-dorr) as Slim
- [Frances Gifford](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-gifford) as studio artist
- [Clarence Nash](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-nash) as self
- [Ward Kimball](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-kimball) as self
- [Hamilton MacFadden](https://cinepixo.com/people/hamilton-macfadden)

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/the-reluctant-dragon
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-reluctant-dragon-1941
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