The Ugly Dachshund (1966)

Fran Garrison's all in a tizzy because her prize Dachshund, Danke, is having pups, and she has hopes of one of the pups becoming a champion. But at the vet's, her husband Mark is talked ... See full summary »

Director:

Norman Tokar

Writers:

Albert Aley (screenplay), G.B. Stern (book)

Stars:

Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Charles Ruggles

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dean Jones	...	Mark Garrison
Suzanne Pleshette	...	Fran Garrison
Charles Ruggles	...	Dr. J.L. Pruitt (as Charlie Ruggles)
Kelly Thordsen	...	Officer Carmody
Parley Baer	...	Mel Chadwick
Robert Kino	...	Mr. Toyama
Mako	...	Kenji
Charles Lane	...	Judge

Storyline

Fran Garrison's all in a tizzy because her prize Dachshund, Danke, is having pups, and she has hopes of one of the pups becoming a champion. But at the vet's, her husband Mark is talked into letting Danke wet nurse a Great Dane pup that's been abandoned by his mother. And Mark wants to keep the Great Dane. But Brutus has this problem: he thinks he's a dachshund and he's too big to be a lapdog. But when Fran ridicules Brutus one too many times, Jim's got a plan to prove to everyone (and Fran) that a great Dane can be far more than just an ugly dachshund.

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Plot Keywords:

great dane | dachshund | speeding vehicle | siren the alarm | dog movie | 

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Taglines:

A HAPPY HONEYMOON...becomes a dog-gone disaster!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Disney's Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

16 February 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

4 bassotti per 1 danese

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Released on a bill with the 1966 cartoon featurette, "Winnie The Pooh and the Honey Tree"(1966).

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Goofs

When Brutus chases Sgt. Carmody he tries to open the door to his car but it is locked so he is forced to climb a tree. The next morning Mark Garrison sees the car and opens the driver's door and it is not locked.

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Quotes

Kenji: Rion! Rion!
Mark Garrison: Lion?
[Kenji points to Brutus, standing over Mr. Toyama, laying on the ground]
Fran Garrison: Brutus! Mark call him off. Mr. Toyama.
Mr. Toyama: Take away rion!
Fran Garrison: That's not a lion, that's a dog.
Mr. Toyama: [sits up] You call THAT, dog?

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Connections

Edited into Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: The Ugly Dachshund: Part 1 (1968)

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Soundtracks

Happy Birthday to You
(uncredited)
Written by Patty S. Hill (as Patty Hill) and Mildred J. Hill
Performed by Suzanne Pleshette

User Reviews

THE UGLY DACHSHUND (Norman Tokar, 1966) **1/2

Dean Jones' second film for Walt Disney came via this minor but lively family comedy co-starring another Disney regular, the late Suzanne Pleshette (as his wife) – plus veteran comic Charlie Ruggles (appropriately cast as their vet {sic}) and soon-to-be popular Asian actor Mako (as a cowardly caterer). Although the plot sticks strictly to formula, dog lovers should be able to get a satisfactory amount of enjoyment out of this lightweight farce about a Great Dane, who being raised with a litter of dachshunds, creates all manner of chaos when he grows too large for their company and, besides, suffers from identity crisis at the most inopportune moments (namely a competitive dog show). In fact, apart from the likable pair of leads, the film's trump card is the various slapstick sequences that involve the naïve but fiercely protective Great Dane chasing the amiably anarchic dachshunds around the house (especially during an all-important garden party). Apart from the Asian caterers, a regular victim of the Great Dane's harmless ferocity is an overzealous cop who, in the film's most amusing non-canine incident, gives Jones the mother of all tickets.