Doctor Dolittle (film)

Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 American musical film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley and Richard Attenborough. It was adapted by Leslie Bricusse from the novel series by Hugh Lofting. It primarily fuses three of the books The Story of Doctor Dolittle, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, and Doctor Dolittles Circus.

In early Victorian England, Matthew Mugg Anthony Newley takes his young friend Tommy Stubbins William Dix to visit eccentric Doctor John Dolittle Rex Harrison for a sick duck that Tommy had found in the streets, Dolittle, a former physician, lives with an extended menagerie, including a chimpanzee named CheeChee Cheeta, a dog named Jip, and a talking parrot named Polynesia the uncredited voice of Ginny Tyler. Dolittle claims that he can talk to animals. In a flashback, he explains that he kept so many animals in his home that they created havoc with his human patients, who took their medical needs elsewhere. His sister, who served as his housekeeper, demanded that he dispose of the animals or she would leave he chose the animals. Polynesia taught him that different animal species can talk to each other, prompting Dolittle to study animal languages so that he could become an animal doctor.While treating a horse, Dolittles lack of human empathy offends the horses owner, General Bellowes Peter Bull. Bellowes niece, Emma Fairfax Samantha Eggar, chides Dolittle for his irresponsibility and rudeness to her uncle. Matthew falls in love with her at first sight. After she has gone, Dolittle admits he also finds her attractive. ........

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