Doctor Dolittle
“Ride across the sea inside the GIANT PINK SEA SNAIL!”
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
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Cast
36 people
Rex Harrison
Dr. John Dolittle
Known for
My Fair Lady
Cleopatra
Samantha Eggar
Emma Fairfax
Known for
Hercules
The Brood
Anthony Newley
Matthew Mugg
Known for
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Oliver Twist
Richard Attenborough
Albert Blossom
Known for
Jurassic Park
The Great Escape
Peter Bull
General Bellowes
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The African Queen
Muriel Landers
Mrs. Blossom
Known for
Pillow Talk
The Disorderly Orderly
William Dix
Tommy Stubbins
Known for
The Nanny
Geoffrey Holder
William Shakespeare X
Known for
Live and Let Die
Bear in the Big Blue House
Portia Nelson
Sarah Dolittle
Known for
The Sound of Music
The Other
Norma Varden
Lady Fetherington
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
Strangers on a Train
Frank Baker
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Known for
A Chump at Oxford
Dressed to Kill
Edward Cast
Prison Guard (uncredited)
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10 Rillington Place
Richard Fleischer Director · Leslie Bricusse Screenplay Hugh Lofting Author
Worldwide gross $9M · Budget $18M · United States release December 19, 1967
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Budget
$18,000,000
Worldwide gross
$9,000,000
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
APJAC Productions
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · December 5, 1967
Theatrical
United States · December 19, 1967
Theatrical
Australia
December 21, 1967 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 4, 2003 · TV · Fox Film mj.gov.br
November 8, 2007 · Physical · Fox Home mj.gov.br
Ireland
December 22, 1967 · Theatrical
Italy
January 18, 1968 · Theatrical
Japan
December 23, 1967 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 23, 1967 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 12, 1967 · Premiere · London
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