The Ugly Dachshund

The Ugly Dachshund is a 1966 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette in a story about a Great Dane who believes he's a dachshund. Based on a 1938 novel by Gladys Bronwyn Stern, the film was written by Albert Aley and directed by Norman Tokar. The Ugly Dachshund was one of several light-hearted comedies produced by the Disney Studios during the 1960s

Plot
Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette star in this Walt Disney family comedy as Mark and Fran Garrison, a dog-loving couple with different tastes in canines. When their dachshund gives birth to puppies, kindly veterinarian Dr. Pruitt (Charlie Ruggles) convinces Mark to take a Great Dane puppy home with him. The Great Dane, named Brutus, grows up with the tiny pups convinced that he's also a dachshund. Brutus's confused identity sets the stage for a number of mildly comic bits -- he chases policemen up trees, destroys Mark's studio, and ruins a garden party. Fran finally tells Mark that Brutus has to go, but changes her tune when Brutus saves Fran's favorite dachshund puppy, Chloe, from a scrap heap. When Fran announces that she is entering Chloe in a dog show, Mark secretly enters Brutus in the same contest in an effort to convince Brutus to think like a Great Dane

Cast

 * Dean Jones - Mark Garrison
 * Kelly Thordsen - Officer Carmody
 * Parley Baer - Mel Chadwick
 * Robert Kino - Mr. Toyama
 * Mako - Kenji
 * Charles Lane - Judge
 * Hal Smith
 * Gil Lamb - Milkman

Production Credits

 * Director - Norman Tokar
 * Producer - Walt Disney
 * Co-producer - Winston Hibler
 * Set Designer - Frank R. McKelvey
 * Costume Designer - Chuck Keehne
 * Art Director - Marvin Aubrey Davis
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Costume Designer - Gertrude Casey
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Makeup - Pat McNalley
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Consultant/advisor - Glenn H. Randall, Jr.
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">First Assistant Director - Tom Leetch