Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World | |
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Directed by | Joseph McGrath |
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Produced by | Walter Shenson |
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Narrated by | Ted Key |
Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
Edited by | Jim Connock |
Music by | Edwin Astley |
Production company |
Walter Shenson Films |
Distributed by | |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 min |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World is a 1973 British children's fantasy- adventure comedy film starring Jim Dale, and directed by Joseph McGrath. [2] A large supporting cast of British movie stalwarts includes Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas, Norman Rossington, Milo O'Shea, Dinsdale Landen and Victor Spinetti. [3] The production included composer Edwin Astley and cinematographer Harry Waxman. [2] The film was based on the 1960 novel The Biggest Dog in the World by Ted Key. [4]
The film starred Fernville Lord Digby in the title role. Digby was then the reigning Dulux Old English Sheepdog; the company using the breed since 1961 in their advertisements that led to the breed's popularity around the world. [5]
Accident-prone Jeff works at a NATO research facility as an animal behaviourist. He steals a tiny amount of Project X, but an Old English Sheepdog accidentally drinks it. X is a liquid growth formula (a form of experimental fertilizer) and Digby expands to gigantic proportions.
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World | |
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Directed by | Joseph McGrath |
Written by |
|
Produced by | Walter Shenson |
Starring | |
Narrated by | Ted Key |
Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
Edited by | Jim Connock |
Music by | Edwin Astley |
Production company |
Walter Shenson Films |
Distributed by | |
Release date |
|
Running time | 88 min |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World is a 1973 British children's fantasy- adventure comedy film starring Jim Dale, and directed by Joseph McGrath. [2] A large supporting cast of British movie stalwarts includes Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas, Norman Rossington, Milo O'Shea, Dinsdale Landen and Victor Spinetti. [3] The production included composer Edwin Astley and cinematographer Harry Waxman. [2] The film was based on the 1960 novel The Biggest Dog in the World by Ted Key. [4]
The film starred Fernville Lord Digby in the title role. Digby was then the reigning Dulux Old English Sheepdog; the company using the breed since 1961 in their advertisements that led to the breed's popularity around the world. [5]
Accident-prone Jeff works at a NATO research facility as an animal behaviourist. He steals a tiny amount of Project X, but an Old English Sheepdog accidentally drinks it. X is a liquid growth formula (a form of experimental fertilizer) and Digby expands to gigantic proportions.