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Greyfriars Bobby The True Story of a Dog (Original title)Greyfriars Bobby (Alternative title)
Date: 07 August 1961 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Don Chaffey

Synopsis: Sentimental comedy-drama set in 19th century Edinburgh, concerning the adventures of a faithful Skye terrier.

Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Credits (28)
©: Walt Disney Productions, Presents: Walt Disney, Associate Producer: Hugh Attwooll, Production Manager: Peter Manley, Assistant Director: Dennis Bertera, Continuity: Phyllis Crocker, Casting: Maude Spector, Screenplay by: Robert Westerby, From the story of Greyfriars Bobby by: Eleanor Atkinson, Director of Photography: Paul Beeson, Additional Photography: Ray Sturgess, Special Photographic Effects: Albert Whitlock, Editor: Peter Tanner, Art Director: Michael Stringer, Set Decorator: Vernon Dixon, Costume Design: Margaret Furse, Make-up: Harry Frampton, Hair Stylist: Barbara Ritchie, Music Composed and Conducted by: Francis Chagrin, Sound Recordist: Norman Bolland, Sound Recordist: Red Law, Sound Editor: Terry Poulton, Sound System: RCA Sound System, Dialect Adviser: John Breslin, Greyfriars Bobby Trained by: John Darlys, Unit Publicist: Catherine O'Brien, Filmed at: Shepperton Studios
Cast (20)
Donald Crisp (John Brown), Laurence Naismith (Mr Trail), Alex Mackenzie (Old Jock), Duncan MacRae (Maclean), Andrew Cruickshank (Lord Provost), Gordon Jackson (farmer), Rosalie Crutchley (farmer's wife), Freda Jackson (old woman caretaker), Moultrie Kelsall (magistrate), Joyce Carey, Vincent Winter (Tammy), Jameson Clarke (constable), Jack Lambert, Bruce Seton, Joan Buck, Hamish Wilson, Sean Keir, Kay Walsh (Mrs Brown), Jennifer Nevinson (farmer's daughter), John Breslin