The Shaggy D.A.

Name: The Shaggy D.A.
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Released: December 17, 1976
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Dean Jones, Dick Van Patten, Jo Anne Worley, John Myhers, Keenan Wynn

1976

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Buena Vista Distribution Company | Release Date: December 17, 1976 | G

Starring: Dean Jones, Dick Van Patten, Jo Anne Worley, John Myhers, Keenan Wynn, Richard Bakalyan, Shane Sinutko, Suzanne Pleshette, Tim Conway, Vic Tayback

Summary: A lawyer makes an interesting discovery that could affect his chances of getting elected to office.

Director: Robert Stevenson

Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy, Family

Rating: G

Runtime: 91 min

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Dalton Ross

The only thing that could possibly be any better is a field-goal-kicking mule. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Though at times the film relies a bit too much on slapstick humor, skilled director Robert Stevenson (working on his 19th Disney film) keeps the action from getting too out of hand Read full review

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Jones is a pleasant light comedian whose style is perfectly suited to the WASPish world of Disney. As his wife, Suzanne Pleshette has her first film role in five years, and her beauty and intelligence livens a part that might have been dull without her. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The movie's not without its moments. Read full review

A.H. Weiler

As the sequel to "The Shaggy Dog," Walt Disney's 1959 moneymaker, The Shaggy D.A. is a farce with all the witless energy of an unrestrained Great Dane puppy and, thankfully, a cast and director who generally avoid taking themselves or the free-wheeling plot seriously. Read full review

Nothing jells at all - least of all the central conceit of the hero becoming shaggy (sometimes the dog's a dog, sometimes a man with fur). It's also not much fun seeing Jones, Pleshette and Wynn getting older and older, staler and staler, playing the parts they've been stuck with for years. Read full review

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