The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)

The Shaggy Dog
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Charles Barton
Screenplay by	Lillie Hayward Bill Walsh
Based on	The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten
Produced by	Walt Disney Bill Walsh
Starring	Fred MacMurray Jean Hagen Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Cecil Kellaway Alexander Scourby James Westerfield Jacques Aubuchon
Narrated by	Paul Frees
Cinematography	Edward Colman
Edited by	James Ballas
Music by	Paul J. Smith
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date	March 19, 1959 (1959-03-19)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	under $1 million[1] or $1,250,000[2]
Box office	$12.3 million (US and Canada rentals)[3]

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.

The film was released on March 19, 1959, and grossed over $9 million during its initial release, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1959. Its successes spawned a franchise thereafter including: a sequel The Shaggy D.A. (1976), starring Dean Jones, Tim Conway, and Suzanne Pleshette. It was followed by a 1987 television sequel, a 1994 television remake and a 2006 theatrical live-action remake.