In the sleepy English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in 1845, Dr. John Dolittle (portrayed by Rex Harrison) is a man whose medical practice has gone to the dogs—literally. His human patients have fled, terrified by the rabbits in the pantry and the hedgehog on the sofa.
: 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. Doctor Dolittle(1967)
While the film is a light-hearted musical on screen, its production was famously chaotic: In the sleepy English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in