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5.2/10   499 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ted Key (story)
Roswell Rogers (writer)
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Release Date:
30 June 1971 (USA) more
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Plot:
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. more
User Comments:
I would have loved this when I was 6 years old... more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dean Jones ... Professor Albert Dooley
Sandy Duncan ... Katie Dooley
Joe Flynn ... Finley Hooper
Tony Roberts ... Fred Hines
James Gregory ... Rutledge
Lee Montgomery ... Jimmy Dooley (as Lee Harcourt Montgomery)
Jack Kruschen ... Doctor Gottlieb
Virginia Vincent ... Eunice Hooper
Jack Bender ... Arvin Wadlow
Billy Bowles ... Orlo Wadlow
Sammy Jackson ... Frisby
Arthur Hunnicutt ... Mr. Purdham
Frank Wilcox ... Bank Manager
Bryan O'Byrne ... Bank Teller
Ted Jordan ... Mr. Forbes
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The $1,000,000 Duck (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
89 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Towards the end of the movie, when Jimmy is chasing Charlie the duck, we see a VW Beetle with the license plate OFP 857, the same as Herbie's in The Love Bug (1968), another movie starring Dean Jones. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the truck brakes and Albert, in the cherry picker, hits the bridge, the shot changes from a mid shot of Albert to a close up. However, the background remains the same in both shots, revealing that Albert was filmed in front of a chroma key background. more
Quotes:
Jimmy Dooley: I didn't want a duck! I wanted a puppy! more

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3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
I would have loved this when I was 6 years old..., 16 February 2004
3/10
Author: Islandia from Reykjavík, Iceland

...too bad I'm not 6 any more.

Not one of Disney's better efforts. If you want to watch an enjoyable

movie, this isn't it - it's just too silly. Not that I have anything against

silly movies, but this one isn't funny-silly, it's just silly.

It has the usual cast of Disney stock characters: the kind but

flawed - in this instance avaricious - male hero, the giddy and

empty-headed female hero, the cute kid, the nosy neighbours and

the stupid officials. Oh, and don't forget the cute animal, this time a

goose that has about as much personality as a blank page.

It may be possible to make a good movie about a goose that lays

golden eggs - and this isn't it.

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