The doctor's kindness leads to trouble when he disguises Sophie in women's clothing and tosses her into the ocean to free her. Witnesses believe he has murdered a woman, and his claims that he was "talking to a seal" land him in a mental institution. His loyal animal and human friends stage a daring rescue, and together with Emma Fairfax, they set sail on a haphazard boat. Sea Star Island
While the film is a light-hearted musical on screen, its production was famously chaotic: Doctor Dolittle(1967)
: Eventually, a message arrives from England: the animals have gone on "strike" to protest his sentence, forcing the authorities to pardon him. In a grand finale, the Doctor constructs a saddle for a Giant Luna Moth and flies back to Puddleby in triumph. Behind the Scenes Facts The doctor's kindness leads to trouble when he
After surviving a shipwreck, the crew arrives at the floating . There, Dolittle uses his medical skills to cure a variety of ailments, eventually treating the Great Pink Sea Snail itself for a severe cold. Sea Star Island While the film is a