Now, before we get into the important info of how you can watch 'The Shaggy Dog' right now, here are some quick facts about the Walt Disney Productions fantasy flick. The Shaggy Dog starring Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello has a G rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min. The release date of the movie is March 19th, 1959. The movie received a user score of 61/100 on TMDb, which represents input from reviews from 93 registered users.
Need a fast recap before watching? Here's the plot: "Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery...."
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'The Shaggy Dog' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on March 19th, 1959
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The Shaggy Dog is a 1959 Walt Disney film about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who by the power of an enchanted ring of the Borgias is transformed into the title character, a shaggy Old English Sheepdog. The film was based on the story, The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten. It is directed by Charles Barton and stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. It was the first ever Walt Disney live-action comedy. Walt Disney Productions filmed a successful sequel in 1976 called The Shaggy D.A. which starred Dean Jones, Tim Conway, and Suzanne Pleshette. This was then followed by a 1987 television sequel, a 1994 television remake and a 2006 live-action theatrical remake.
