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Year: 1971 Rated: G Parental Rating: Good for children Country Of Origin: U.S. Running Time: 91 Format: Color Genre(s): Comedy Production: Walt Disney Productions Released By: Buena Vista Dean Jones plays a research scientist who takes home a duck that has been exposed to radiation. When the duck is frightened by the dog next door it lays what appear, and in fact turn out to be, golden eggs. This all-American family finds itself exceedingly rich, as well as involved in a search by the US Treasury to find what it believes to be a vast underworld plot. This light-hearted fun is made to work thanks to the performances of a well-chosen cast, though the overall pacing drags and the editing is rough. It may be that Charley the Duck's lineage can be traced back to the top-billed, uranium-laying bird in the 1950s British comedy MR. DRAKE'S DUCK. As it turned out, Walt Disney Studios underestimated the value of the web-footed moneymaker; when the receipts were counted, the feathered-creature feature had brought in a surprising $4.7 million. $1,000,000 DUCK also brought to the screen for the first time perky Broadway star Sandy Duncan.
Cast Dean Jones: Prof. Albert Dooley Sandy Duncan: Katie Dooley Joe Flynn: Finley Hooper Tony Roberts: Fred Hines James Gregory: Rutledge Lee H. Montgomery: Jimmy Dooley Jack Kruschen: Dr. Gottlieb Virginia Vincent: Eunice Hooper Jack Bender: Arvin Wadlow Billy Bowles: Orlo Wadlow Sammy Jackson: Frisby Arthur Hunnicutt: Mr. Purdham Frank Wilcox: Bank Manager Bryan O'Byrne: Bank Teller Ted Jordan: Mr. Forbes Neil Russell: Mr. Smith Pete Renoudet: Mr. Beckert Frank Cady: Assayer George O'Hanlon: Parking Attendant Jonathan Daly: Purchasing Agent Hal Smith: Courthouse Guard Edward Andrews: Morgan Stu Gilliam Fran Ryan Vaughn Taylor Bernard Fox Ed Reimers Hank Jones	Credits Vincent McEveety: Director Roswell Rogers: Writer - based on a story by Ted Key Ted Key: Source Bill Anderson: Producer William Snyder: Cinematographer - Technicolor Lloyd L. Richardson: Editor Buddy Baker: Musical Composer John B. Mansbridge: Art Director Al Roelofs: Art Director Emile Kuri: Set Decorator Hal Gausman: Set Decorator Chuck Keehne: Costumes Emily Sundby: Costumes Eustace Lycett: Special Effects Robert J. Schiffer: Make Up
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