Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

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Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
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Film poster
Directed byJoseph McGrath
Written by
Produced byWalter Shenson
Starring
Narrated byTed Key
CinematographyHarry Waxman
Edited byJim Connock
Music byEdwin Astley
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
1973
Running time
88 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World is the title character of a British children's fantasy-adventure comedy film released in 1973 starring Jim Dale, and directed by Joseph McGrath.[1] A large supporting cast of British movie stalwarts includes Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas, Norman Rossington, Milo O'Shea, Dinsdale Landen and Victor Spinetti.[2] The production included composer Edwin Astley and cinematographer Harry Waxman.[1] The film was based on the 1960 novel The Biggest Dog in the World by Ted Key.[3]

The film starred Fernville Lord Digby in the title role. Digby was then the reigning Dulux Old English Sheepdog; the company using the breed since 1961 in their advertisements that led to the breed's popularity around the world.[4]

Plot[]

An Old English Sheepdog accidentally drinks a liquid growth formula (a form of experimental fertilizer) and expands to gigantic proportions. Two criminals steal Digby and sell him to a circus. Digby later escapes and roams across the countryside of the United Kingdom. The boy who owns Digby, as well as the scientist who worked on the growth formula, both realize that Digby is still growing and will cause enormous damage unless something is done immediately. The scientist finds out he has created a chemical that might reverse the growth formula. The British military, however, aims to solve the problem of the oversized sheepdog in their own way: by use of bombs and artillery.

Cast[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b "Digby the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)".
  2. ^ "Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) - Joseph McGrath - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Video: Dulux dog returns to TV screens for first time in a decade". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

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