One Hundred and One Dalmatians, often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians, is a 1961 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. The 17th in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was originally released to theaters on January 25, 1961 by Buena Vista Distribution. The film features Rod Taylor as the voice of Pongo, the first of the Dalmatians, and Betty Lou Gerson as the voice of the villainous Cruella de Vil. The plot centers on the fate of the kidnapped puppies of Pongo and Perdita. Songwriter Roger Radcliffe... lives in a bachelor flat in London, England along with his dalmatian Pongo. Bored with bachelor life, Pongo decides to find a wife for Roger and a mate for himself. While watching various female dog-human pairs out the window, he spots the perfect couple, a woman named Anita and her female dalmatian, Perdita. He quickly gets Roger out of the house and drags him through the park to arrange a meeting. Pongo accidentally causes both Roger and Anita to fall into a pond, but it works out well as the couple falls in love. Both couples marry. Later, Perdita gives birth to 15 puppies.
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| Release date: | January 25, 1961 |
| Directed by: | Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 78 Minutes |
| Producer: | Walt Disney |
| Music by: | George Bruns, Mel Leven, Mel Leven |
| Screenplay by: | Bill Peet |
| Estimated budget: | $4,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Hundred and One Dalmatians |
| Genre: | Animation, Adventure |