Doctor Dolittle(1967) Today

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

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 Doctor Dolittle(1967)

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. While the film is a light-hearted musical on