---
title: 'The Shaggy Dog (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Barton'
released: '1959-03-19'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shaggy-dog-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053271/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Shaggy Dog (1959)

1959 · 104 min · Fantasy, Comedy, Family · United States


## Synopsis

The Shaggy Dog is a 1959 American fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1923 novel The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten. Directed by Charles Barton from a screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Bill Walsh, the film stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. The film follows a teenage boy named Wilby Daniels who, by the power of an enchanted ring of the Borgias, is transformed into a shaggy Old English Sheepdog.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Barton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-barton)
- **Screenplay:** [Bill Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-walsh), [Lillie Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillie-hayward)
- **Producer:** [Bill Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-walsh), [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-smith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Colman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-colman)
- **Editor:** [James Ballas](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ballas)

## Cast

- [Mack Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/mack-williams) as Betz
- [Annette Funicello](https://cinepixo.com/people/annette-funicello) as Allison D'Alledio
- [Alexander Scourby](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-scourby) as Dr. Mikhail Andrassy
- [Tim Considine](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-considine) as Buzz Miller
- [Gregg Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-palmer)
- [Strother Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/strother-martin) as Thurm
- [Fred MacMurray](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-macmurray) as Wilson Daniels
- [Jean Hagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-hagen) as Frieda Daniels
- [Kevin Corcoran](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-corcoran) as Moochie Daniels
- [John Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hart) as police broadcaster
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees) as psychiatrist
- [Forrest Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/forrest-lewis) as Officer Kelly
- [Jacques Aubuchon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-aubuchon) as Stefano
- [Ned Wever](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-wever) as E. P. Hackett
- [Cecil Kellaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-kellaway) as Professor Plumcutt

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/the-shaggy-dog-1959
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shaggy-dog-1959
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