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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

: 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 Doctor Dolittle(1967)

While the film is a light-hearted musical on screen, its production was famously chaotic: 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 : Eventually, a message arrives

Encouraged by his talking macaw, Polynesia, who teaches him the secret of animal linguistics, Dolittle abandons human medicine to become a world-renowned veterinarian. Here is the story of his grand 1967 musical adventure: The Great Expedition

: Because he is still a wanted man in England, Dolittle sends his friends back home inside the snail’s watertight shell while he stays behind.