One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

Directors:

Clyde Geronimi
Hamilton Luske

Writers:

Dodie Smith (novel) and
Bill Peet (story)

Release Date:

25 January 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Thriller

Tagline:

Walt Disney's new all-cartoon feature

Plot:

When a litter of dalmation puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

Plot Keywords:

Talking Dog | Dog Cartoon | Dog | Pet | Blockbuster

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award.

Cast

Rod Taylor	...	Pongo (voice)
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Colonel / Jasper (voice)
Betty Lou Gerson	...	Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)
Martha Wentworth	...	Nanny / Queenie / Lucy (voice)
Ben Wright	...	Roger (voice)
Cate Bauer	...	Perdita (voice)
David Frankham	...	Sgt. Tibs (voice) (as Dave Frankham)
Frederick Worlock	...	Horace / Inspector Craven (voice) (as Fred Worlock)
Lisa Davis	...	Anita (voice)
Tom Conway	...	Quizmaster / Collie (voice)
Tudor Owen	...	Towser (voice)
George Pelling	...	Danny (voice)
Ramsay Hill	...	Television Announcer / Labrador (voice)
Sylvia Marriott	...	(voice)
Queenie Leonard	...	Princess (voice)

Also Known As:

101 Dalmatians (USA) (alternative spelling)
Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians (USA) (alternative title)
100 hundar och 1 husse (Finland: Swedish title) (poster title) [sv]
101 Dálmatas (Brazil) [pt]
101 Dálmatas, Os (Portugal) [pt]
101 Dalmatiner (West Germany) [de]
101 Dalmatinere - Hund og hund imellem (Denmark) [da]
101 dálmatas (Spain) [es]
101 dalmaçyali (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
101 dalmatialaista (Finland) [fi]
101 dalmatiens, Les (France) [fr]
101 skylia tis Dalmatias, Ta (Greece) [el]
Carica dei 101, La (Italy) [it]
Hundalíf (Iceland) [is]
Hundra hundar och en husse (Finland: Swedish title) (alternative spelling) [sv]
Lupsakkaat luppakorvat (Finland) [fi]
Noche de las narices frías, La (Argentina) [es]
Pongo och de 101 dalmatinerna (Sweden) [sv]

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:All | Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | New Zealand:G | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G (re-rating) (1969)

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Someone counted all black spots in the movie, frame-by-frame, and reached the total of 6,469,952.

Goofs:

Continuity: Patch's right ear is solid black, and his left ear spotted. However, sometimes the left ear is solid white, and sometimes it's solid black. In the same scene where Patch turns into Lucky, his ear goes from spotted to white, and in the following scene in the Colonel's barn, both of his ears are solid black.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Pongo: My story begins in London, not so very long ago. And yet so much has happened since then, that it seems more like an eternity.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Charlie Sheen/Nelly Furtado (#26.9)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Cruella De Vil

Loved The Artwork!

I liked this film mainly for its drawings. It was a departure from previous Disney animated films in that it had harder-edged drawings instead of the soft pastels. I found the detailed sketches of the building to be fascinating. I could actually watch this film with the sound off and just enjoy the artwork.

I actually saw this movie AFTER the 1996 live-action version with Glenn Close so I was familiar with the story. The only deviation was that there were more animals involved in the rescue of the puppies in the latter version.

The narration was very good in the beginning and film is okay, nothing super. It lags in a few parts, which is the only complaint I would have. It certainly is a nice story.