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Title: Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World (1973)
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| Jim Dale | ... | Jeff Eldon | |
| Spike Milligan | ... | Dr. Harz | |
| Angela Douglas | ... | Janine | |
| John Bluthal | ... | Jerry | |
| Norman Rossington | ... | Tom | |
| Milo O'Shea | ... | Dr. Jameson | |
| Richard Beaumont | ... | Billy White | |
| Dinsdale Landen | ... | Colonel Masters | |
| Garfield Morgan | ... | Rogerson | |
| Victor Spinetti | ... | Professor Ribart | |
| Harry Towb | ... | Ringmaster | |
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Kenneth J. Warren | ... | General Frank |
| Bob Todd | ... | The Great Manzini | |
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Margaret Stuart | ... | Assistant |
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Molly Urquhart | ... | Aunt Ina |
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Before his adventure begins, Digby is given to Bill by a friendly vet, but as Bill's grandfather doesn't like to have an English sheepdog in his house, Bill is forced to give him away. He gives Digby to a guy who works in a defense lab that experiments with animals and plants for space travel. A growth-boosting chemical is made in the lab, and the animal trainer steals some to boost his own tomato crop. Accidentally, the dog is fed some and, as a result, is growing all the time; eventually, he's the size of an ocean liner. As weird animals are attractions, Digby is stolen by two well-dressed hoods and sold to a circus, from which Digby escapes, hunted by the military, both Army and Air Force! Written by MLS
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animal character name as title | digby the dog character | seven word title | sheepdog | dog |Taglines:
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Screenwriter Michael Pertwee was the elder brother of Jon Pertwee, who was enjoying success as the third incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who (1963) at the time. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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May 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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There are FEW films that are just FUN for kids in the 1970's.... the most that we British had were the Carry on Movies... so seeing a nice little film with Jim Dale in is always a treat!
The basic story is simple, the effects are childlike and ...well.. simple and the acting is also as you can guess SIMPLE. This does not make for a plain SIMPLE movie for kids though. It shows them the basic kindness of the human spirit and some of the darker sides of captured animals because they are different too!
The jokes are inlayed in the movie together with basic 1970's British steriotypical images of the army, circus workers and the average Joe about the street, but it still holds together quite well.
If nothing more this film is fun and carefree, it doesn't really leave you with anything after you have seen it apart from a lil warm glow!