Doctor Dolittle
Musical fantasy about a man who can talk to animals in their own languages. His greatest ambition is to set out to find the Great Pink Sea Snail, but is shipwrecked and lands on a floating island.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Doctor John Dolittle Rex Harrison
- Emma Fairfax Samantha Eggar
- Matthew Mugg Anthony Newley
- Albert Blossom Richard Attenborough
- General Bellowes Peter Bull
- Mrs. Blossom Muriel Landers
- Tommy Stubbins William Dix
- Willy Shakespeare Geoffrey Holder
- Sarah Dolittle Portia Nelson
- Lady Petherington Norma Varden
Credits
Direction
- Director Richard Fleischer
- Assistant Director Richard Lang
Production
- Production Company Apjac Productions
- Producer Arthur P. Jacobs
- Associate Producer Mort Abrahams
- Production Manager William Eckhardt
- Production Manager Jack Stubbs
Writing
- Screenplay Leslie Bricusse
- Original stories Hugh Lofting
Photography
- Director of Photography Robert Surtees
- [2nd Camera Focus Puller] Geoffrey Glover
Special Effects
- Special Photographic Effects L.B. Abbott
- Special Photographic Effects Art Cruickshank
- Special Photographic Effects Emil Kosa Jr
- Special Photographic Effects Howard Lydecker
Editing
- Editor Samuel E. Beetley
- Editor Marjorie Fowler
Design
- Production Designer Mario Chiari
- Art Director Jack Martin Smith
- Art Director Ed Graves
- Set Decorator Walter M. Scott
- Set Decorator Stuart A. Reiss
Costumes
- cost Ray Aghayan
Music
- Music and lyrics Leslie Bricusse
- Music Director Lionel Newman
- Music Director Alexander Courage
Choreography
- Dance and musical numbers staged Herbert Ross
Sound
- Sound Supervisor James Corcoran
- Sound Supervisor Murray Spivack
- Sound Douglas O. Williams
- Sound Tommy Meyers
- Sound Bernard Freericks