The Million Dollar Duck
What an EGGstravaganza!
1971 | 89m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Vincent McEveety |
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| Writer: | Ted Key, Roswell Rogers |
| Staring: |
| Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 30, 1971 |
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| Director: | Vincent McEveety |
| Writer: | Ted Key, Roswell Rogers |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy |
| Keywords | professor, x-ray, duck, million, laboratory |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dean Jones | Professeur Albert Dooley |
| Sandy Duncan | Katie Dooley |
| Joe Flynn | Finley Hooper |
| Tony Roberts | Fred Hines |
| Lee Montgomery | Jimmy Dooley |
| Jack Kruschen | Doctor Gottlieb |
| Virginia Vincent | Eunice Hooper |
| Jack Bender | Arvin Wadlow |
| Billy Bowles | Orlo Wadlow |
| Sammy Jackson | Frisby |
| Arthur Hunnicutt | Mr. Purdham |
| Frank Wilcox | Mr. Meaker, the Bank Manager |
| Bryan O'Byrne | Bank Teller |
| Bing Russell | Mr. Smith |
| Peter Renaday | Mr. Beckert |
| Frank Cady | Assayer |
| George O'Hanlon | Parking Attendant |
| Jonathan Daly | Carter - Purchasing Agent |
| Hal Smith | Courthouse Guard |
| Edward Andrews | Morgan |
| Howard Culver | Morgan's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Maurice Dallimore | Englishman (uncredited) |
| Bernard Fox | Car Salesman (uncredited) |
| Arthur Franz | Prosecutor (uncredited) |
| Jerry Fujikawa | Japanese Official (uncredited) |
| Jonathan Hole | Refinery Agent (uncredited) |
| Hank Jones | Commencement Speaker (uncredited) |
| Jack Perkins | Agitated Driver #2 (uncredited) |
| Roy Roberts | The Judge (uncredited) |
| Fran Ryan | Mrs. Purdham (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Man in Refinery Office (uncredited) |
| Robert Shayne | Refinery Executive (uncredited) |
| Vaughn Taylor | Bank President (uncredited) |
| Bruno VeSota | Russian (uncredited) |
| Ted Jordan | Mr. Forbes |
| James Gregory | Rutledge |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ted Key | Story |
| William E. Snyder | Director of Photography |
| John B. Mansbridge | Art Direction |
| Al Roelofs | Art Direction |
| John D. Bloss | Production Manager |
| Emily Sundby | Costume Design |
| La Rue Matheron | Makeup & Hair |
| Chuck Keehne | Costume Design |
| Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Hal Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Buddy Baker | Music |
| Emile Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Jack Colconda | Property Master |
| Robert O. Cook | Sound Supervisor |
| Roswell Rogers | Screenplay |
| Vincent McEveety | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bill Anderson | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 7 |
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Suitably entertaining. <em>'The Million Dollar Duck'</em> follows very similar steps as a lot of Disney's wacky comedies from around this era, it that regard it isn't anything particularly noteworthy. The writing to set up the events of this film is poor, it's incredibly manufactured. However, ... as with most of these sorta films, it does produce enjoyable moments. That's helped by the casting, which Disney pick masterfully the vast majority of the time. Dean Jones always elevates a production upward, even if his performance here isn't one of his best. Tony Roberts is decent as Fred, though none of the others do all that much; not even Joe Flynn (Finley). Nothing out of this world, but a good enough watch nonetheless.