The Ugly Dachshund

Director: Norman Tokar

Overview

"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) convinc

Product Details

Release Date:	01/16/2007
UPC:	0786936234305
Original Release:	1965
Source:	WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	16,036

Special Features

Closed Caption;Disney's Dog Stars; The Faces of Mako; Theatrical trailer; French language track; French and Spanish subtitles; Dolby Digital Mono sound; Widescreen (1.75:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dean Jones	Mark Garrison
Suzanne Pleshette	Fran Garrison
Charlie Ruggles	Dr. J.L. Pruitt
Kelly Thordsen	Officer Carmody
Parley Baer	Mel Chadwick
Robert Kino	Mr. Toyama
MAKO	Kenji
Charles Lane	Judge
Gil Lamb	Milkman
Dick Wessel	Garbageman
Hal Smith	Actor
George Bruns	Composer

Technical Credits

Walt Disney	Producer
Winston Hibler	Producer
Eustace Lycett	Special Effects

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Titles [9:02]
2. Names for the Puppies [8:58]
3. He's Growing [12:07]
4. Playing With Yarn [6:15]
5. Bad Dog [8:37]
6. The Chase [8:10]
7. Mr. Toyama [5:25]
8. That's My Bone [8:50]
9. Brutus the Hero [9:04]
10. Make a Fine Show Dog [9:34]
11. The Judging [7:10]
12. End Credits [:11]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play
Scene Selection
Bonus Features
The Faces of Mako
Disney's Dog Stars
Original Theatrical Trailer
Set Up
Audio Options
English
French
Captions & Subtitles
Captions: English for the Hearing Impaired
Subtitles: French
Subtitles: Spanish
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Editorial Reviews

An agreeable, if decidedly minor, little film, The Ugly Dachshund is good family viewing, especially for those families with a marked fondness for dogs. Although Dachshund is rather typical of Disney's live action comedies of the 1960s, it doesn't stand up quite as well as most of them. This is primarily due to weaknesses in the script. Most of the other Disney live action films from this period have plenty of script flaws as well, but their plotting tends to be tighter than Dachshund's. Here, the incidents really seem to be just strung together, rather than being logically placed and paced in the service of a bigger story; it just doesn't come together the way it's intended to. That said, the many set pieces work very well on their own, most notably a memorably chaotic garden party sequence that is genuinely funny. Norman Tokar directs with an eye on the obvious, but it works with this material. Dean Jones does his usual frustrated, flummoxed good guy put into a difficult situation and does it well. Even better is Suzanne Pleshette, giving far more than is required of her and looking quite sensational into the bargain. Dachshund sags occasionally, but it's an agreeable enough little film.