Release Date: Feb 4, 1966 Wide
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Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette star in this Walt Disney family comedy as Mark and Fran Garrison, a dog-loving couple with different tastes in canines. When their dachshund gives birth to puppies, kindly veterinarian Dr. Pruitt (Charlie Ruggles) convinces Mark to take a Great Dane puppy home with him. The Great Dane, named Brutus, grows up with the tiny pups convinced that he's also a dachshund. Brutus's confused identity sets the stage for a number of mildly comic bits -- he chases policemen
Feb 4, 1966 Wide
Jul 6, 2004
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Slow-moving story is for dog lovers only.
Cute little Disney family movie, ideal for kids and dog lovers.
The Ugly Dachshund is good old-fashioned clean sterilized (separate beds and all) Disney fun. Hokey story you can't quite bring yourself to care about complete with Suzanne Pleshette's (character's, at least) neurotic OCD and second guessing nature with some classic racial stereotypes make The Ugly Dachshund a piece of
April 11, 2010Super Reviewer
This movie is pretty good. I don't think it's nearly as good as some of the other Disney movies, but it's certainly not bad. I think the dialogue is a bit clunky and the humor is less than fantastic. Still worth watching though.
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