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:

The Canine Caper of the Century [1979 re-release]

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene when Horace and Jasper are watching television, the TV show they're watching "What's My Crime" is loosely based on a current TV show called What's My Line? (1950). What's My Crime consists of a panel asking several questions to guess what crime the guest has committed, while in What's My Line? (1950) is the same but the panel tries to guess who the mystery guest is while blindfolded.

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Goofs

In the final chase scene, Jasper and Horace's truck is coming down the hill and will cut in front of the van in a few seconds. However, the time taken with Cruella and Pongo (saving the puppy) is clearly longer. Also, when we see the truck a 2nd time, it is much closer to the van than in the following shot of the collision with Cruella. It would have hit the van or passed in front.

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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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Crazy Credits

There are no end credits for this feature film. However, the credits are at the beginning.

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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

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Greatest Female Disney Villains (2017)

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Soundtracks

Cruella De Vil
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:

Official Facebook Official site

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:

1.75 : 1