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6.4/10   94 votes
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Director:
Dean Riesner
Writers:
Royal Foster (screenplay)
Dean Riesner (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 March 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Family | Fantasy more
Plot:
The feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of "The Black Menace". But to the citizen's rescue comes a brave young taxi puller named Bill! full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Don't make'um like this anymore--in fact, save for this one, they never did! more

Cast

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Ken Murray ... Ken Murray, in prologue
George Burton ... George Burton, in prologue
Elizabeth Walters ... Elizabeth Walters, in Prologue
Burton's Birds ... Bill
Coo ... Coo (as Burton's Birds)
Jimmy the Crow ... The Black Menace (as Curley Twiford's Jimmy the Crow)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
61 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Trucolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Certification:
Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:S

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The players are real birds dressed like humans. more
Movie Connections:
References Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) more
Soundtrack:
An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Don't make'um like this anymore--in fact, save for this one, they never did!, 6 October 2000
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Author: Irving Warner from Washington State

I first saw this in a theater when I was small. I remembered it always, and when I taught a "movie sleepers" class, I finally acquired it in 16 mm. It stars mostly birds, but other animals as well, all trained for "Bill and Coo", a unique love story. You must still retain a very young soul to really get into this. "Charming" is often a sticky, say-nothing word, but not in the case of "Bill and Coo". It charms the viewer, and astounds--how DID they get all those birds to do those things?! A person must see this to believe it, but children beware: Adults should not be allowed to view this unless in the presence of children.

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