# Doctor Dolittle (1967)

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**Runtime**: 151 min
**Genres**: Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
**Directed by**: Richard Fleischer
**Written by**: Leslie Bricusse
**Starring**: Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough, Peter Bull, Muriel Landers

> *Ride across the sea inside the GIANT PINK SEA SNAIL!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Even the animals seem to have manners here. A veterinarian who chats up any creature in sight sets sail to find a giant sea snail. The film’s charm drowns in its own syrup by reel three.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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