One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella de Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

Directors:

Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske (as Hamilton S. Luske)

Writers:

Bill Peet (story), Dodie Smith (novel)

Stars:

Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley

Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rod Taylor	...	Pongo (voice)
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Colonel / Jasper / Mechanic (voice)
Betty Lou Gerson	...	Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)
Martha Wentworth	...	Nanny / Queenie / Lucy (voice)
Ben Wright	...	Roger (voice)
Cate Bauer	...	Perdita (voice)
David Frankham	...	Sgt. Tibs (voice) (as Dave Frankham)
Frederick Worlock	...	Horace / Inspector Graves (voice) (as Fred Worlock)
Lisa Davis	...	Anita (voice)
Tom Conway	...	Quizmaster / Collie (voice)
Tudor Owen	...	Towser (voice)
George Pelling	...	Danny (voice)
Ramsay Hill	...	Television Announcer / Labrador (voice)
Sylvia Marriott	...	(voice)
Queenie Leonard	...	Princess (voice)

Storyline

Pongo and Perdita have a litter of 15 puppies. Cruella De Vil takes a fancy to the pups, and wants to get hold of them, as well as more pups, to make herself a lovely dalmatian skin coat... Cruella hires some thugs to kidnap the pups and hold them at her mansion. Will Pongo and Perdita find them in time ?

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Plot Keywords:

dalmatian | rescue | dognapping | puppy | dog | 

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Taglines:

Crafty Cruella... chasing every spotted puppy in town.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the lines in the Cruella de Vil song -- which is cut from the actual movie, but does appear in music video versions of the song -- is "all innocent children had better beware". Roger had no idea how accurate that statement later turned out to be (well, if you're a dalmatian child, anyhow).

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Goofs

(at around 49 mins) When Cruella takes the bottle of alcohol away from Jasper's mouth to throw it in the fire, she grabs it upside down, but when she's about to throw it, she is holding it right-side up.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Pongo: My story begins in London, not so very long ago. And yet so much has happened since then, that it seems more like an eternity.

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Alternate Versions

On the 1992 VHS release of the film, the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo takes the place of the Buena Vista title card, so, the Buena Vista title card is placed after the film's ending instead. The Buena Vista title card fades to these 2 bumpers, "Coming to Home Video" and "Coming on Videocassette this Summer" which these 2 bumpers have the text "Walt Disney" from the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo.

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Connections

Referenced in Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Debbie (2020)

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Soundtracks

Dalmatian Plantation
Written by Mel Leven
Performed by Bill Lee

User Reviews

One of my favorites

Lion King has always been my favorite Disney movie. But One Hundred and One Dalmations is on my top 5. The movie is filled with so many laughs, you have to love it.

Pongo is a lonely pup with his lonely musical master, Roger. When he spots two lovely women(one being a dog of course), he sets Roger up to meet the woman. They hit it off immediatly as well does Pongo with his new mate, Perdita. When Perdita has puppies, Perdita's(her master) old friend, Cruella DeVille wants to buy them from her. But only to make the puppies into a new fur coat. When Roger refuses, Cruella kidnaps the puppies. Pongo and Perdita go out to save the puppies. And the rest is left for you to see for yourself.

8/10

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 1961 (USA)

Also Known As:

Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians

Filming Locations:

Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,389,226, 22 December 1985

Gross USA:

$144,880,014

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$215,880,014

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording) Dolby Stereo (1991 Re-Release)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1