Rating: G
Genre: Musical
Release Date: 06/01/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 172 Minutes
Flags: Excellent For Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video

Adapted from the book and play of the same name, The Happiest Millionaire is the (mostly) true story of eccentric Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray). The Biddle mansion is the gathering place for a pugilistic boxing class, pet alligators and would-be opera singers. Cordelia Biddle (Lesley Ann Warren), the daughter of Anthony and his wife (Greer Garson), wants to marry wealthy and handsome Angie Duke (John Davidson), but Angie's parents are shocked by the Biddles' freewheeling lifestyle. Thanks in part to the ebullient intervention of John Lawless (Tommy Steele), the Biddles' butler, all misunderstandings are eventually swept away. Like Disney's previous Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire is decked out with a vibrant musical score by Richard and Robert Sherman, but the magic is somehow lacking this time around. This was the last live-action film to personally supervised by Walt Disney; released several months after Disney's death, the film was made available in 141-minute and 164-minute versions.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Fred MacMurray - Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Tommy Steele - John Lawless
Greer Garson - Mrs. Cordelia Biddle
Geraldine Page - Mrs. Duke
Gladys Cooper - Aunt Mary Drexel
Hermione Baddeley - Mrs. Worth
Lesley Ann Warren - Miss Cordelia (Cordy) Biddle
John Davidson - Angie Duke
Joyce Bulifant - Rosemary
Sean McClory - Sgt. Flanagan
William Wellman, Jr. - Lt. Grayson
Jim McMullan - Lt. Powell
Aron Kincaid - Walter Blakely
Larry Merrill - Charlie Taylor
Frances Robinson - Aunt Gladys

Production:
Norman Tokar - Director
Walt Disney - Producer
Bill Anderson - Co Producer
Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman - Composer
Cotton Warburton - Editor
A.J. Carothers - Screen Writer
Emile Kuri Frank R. McKelvey - Set Designer
Carroll Clark - Art Director
John Mansbridge - Art Director
Cordelia Drexel Biddle - Book Author
Dee Dee Wood - Choreography
Marc Breaux - Choreography
Edward Colman - Cinematographer
Bill Thomas - Costume Designer
Paul Cameron - First Assistant Director
Jack Elliott - Musical Direction/Supervision
Cordelia Drexel Biddle - Play Author
Richard M. Sherman - Songwriter
Robert B. Sherman - Songwriter
Dean Thomas - Sound/Sound Designer
Robert O. Cook - Sound/Sound Designer
Eustace Lycett - Special Effects
Peter Ellenshaw - Special Effects
Kyle Crichton - Play Author

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1967 Golden Globe