Main Cast: Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino, Bryan Russell, Richard Haydn
Release Year: 1966
Country: US
Run Time: 110 minutes
Plot
This rambunctious Disney comedy was based on the novel By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman. Roddy McDowall plays Griffin, the very proper butler of Bostonian Bryan Russell. When Russell runs off to California during the 1849 gold rush, Griffin dutifully tags along. Master and butler team up with Shakespearean actor Richard Haydn, who owns a treasure map. Crooked judge Karl Malden (a master of many disguises), pilfers the map once Our Heroes reach San Francisco. While endeavoring to retrieve the valuable parchment, Griffin has any number of adventures, ranging from a bout of fisticuffs with ox-like Mike Mazurki to a romance with Russell's sister Suzanne Pleshette, a former debutante turned saloon singer. If Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin resembles an animated cartoon at times, credit should go to veteran Disney animator Ward Kimball, who provided the spirited cartoon transitions between scenes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Alex Plasschaert - Choreography, Bill Thomas - Costume Designer, James Neilson - Director, George Bruns - Composer (Music Score), Robert B. - Songwriter, George Bruns - Songwriter, Mel Leven - Songwriter, Richard M. Sherman - Songwriter, Edward Colman - Cinematographer, Bill Anderson - Producer, Walt Disney - Producer, Lowell S. Hawley - Screenwriter, Sid Fleischman - Book Author
