Doctor Dolittle

– Get ready for the wildest adventure of a lifetime in the most ambitious production ever brought to f..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.20 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
1967
Doctor Dolittle (1967)

Get ready for the wildest adventure of a lifetime in the most ambitious production ever brought to film. Earning a 1967 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, this dazzling fantasy turns both ordinary and exotic animals into talking, dancing and singing sensations! Rex Harrison is unforgettable in this inspiring adaptation of Hugh Lofting's classic stories.Step into the English country home of the good doctor as he performs remarkable treatments on the wildest variety of patients you could imagine. Discover his secret cures and watch with wide-eyed excitement as he and his four-legged, fine-feathered friends charm their way into your heart!

Doctor Dolittle (1967) - Trailer

Release Date:

19 Dec 1967

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Approved

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Writer:

Hugh Lofting (novels), Leslie Bricusse (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough

Plot:

Doctor Dolittle is a world-renowned veterinarian who speaks a wide array of animal languages. He sets off from his home in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, England, in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail. In so doing, he and his friends meet such exotic creatures as the Pushme-Pullyu and the Giant Lunar Moth. This musical is the source of the hit song, "If I Could Talk To The Animals."

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations.

Production:

20th Century Fox

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
Metacritic:
34%