The Million Dollar Duck

The Million Dollar Duck also titled as The 1,000,000 Duck is a 1971 Walt Disney Productions comedy film about a goose that lays golden eggs. It was directed by Vincent McEveety, and stars Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan and Joe Flynn.

In a Pavlovian manner, the duck, named Charley despite being female, lays an egg when prompted by the barking of a dog. At first, the only ones who know of Charleys golden yolks are Albert, Katie, Jimmy and Alberts friend, Fred, but as they sell the yolks of gold, they gain the attention of a suspicious neighbor, a government bureaucrat from the US Treasury Department named Mr. Hooper Joe Flynn, who starts spying on them with typical Disney slapstick results such as falling off a tree branch when his wife gets angry and ultimately convinces his boss, Rutledge James Gregory, to get the duck after worldwide phone calls spread the rumor and Rutledge gets a phone call from President Richard Nixon to get the duck. Albert is affected by greed and no longer cares for his son, which saddens Jimmy. The Treasury Department officials with Mr. Hooper soon arrives at the house and orders them to turn over the duck. Jimmy, watching from upstairs, climbs out the window with Charley, and then rides off with a couple of teenage boys and their hot rod as the government officials try to capture the duck to prevent it from laying gold.In the films climax, Jimmy is suspended on a ladder between two parking garages, and Albert attempts to convince his son to grab his hand before the ladder falls. Jimmy tells his dad to go away, believing he only wants to save Charley, but when the ladder begins to break, he grows fearful and grabs his fathers hand. They then leave the parking garage, but Albert is promptly arrested by the US Treasury Department officials. The film ends with the family in court, and the judge breaks an egg into a glass after Mr. Hooper unsuccessfully and then Albert successfully barks at the duck to prompt the laying of the egg, which surprisingly turns out to be an ordinary egg yolk, as the effect of the radiation had run out. The judge dismisses the charges on account of no proof of a duck laying golden eggs, and Albert tells the family the golden duck was nice while i

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