The Million Dollar Duck

The Million Dollar Duck

30/6/1971 1h 32m 5.8/10

Overview

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.

Director

Vincent McEveety

Top Billed Cast

Dean Jones

Dean Jones

Professeur Albert Dooley

Lee Montgomery

Lee Montgomery

Jimmy Dooley

James Gregory

James Gregory

Rutledge

Tony Roberts

Tony Roberts

Fred Hines

Sandy Duncan

Sandy Duncan

Katie Dooley

Joe Flynn

Joe Flynn

Finley Hooper

Reviews

r96sk

8/6/2020

7/10

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.

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