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Pete's Dragon
| Rating: | G |
| Genre: | Family |
| Release Date: | November 3, 1977 |
| Running time: | 128 minutes |
| Cast: | Helen Reddy, Sean Marshall, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons |
| Director: | Don Chaffey |
| Producer: | Jerome Courtland, Ron Miller |
| Writer: | Malcolm Marmorstein |
| Distributor: | Buena Vista Pictures |
Description: Based on a story by Hollywood old-timers Seton I. Miller and S. S. Field, Pete's Dragon divides its time between its flesh-and-blood characters and an animated blue dragon. Pete (Sean Marshall), a lonely orphan boy in turn-of-the-century Maine, runs away from his abusive foster family. He stumbles upon a lovable dragon named Elliot, and the two become inseparable companions. Elliot is visible only to Pete, leading the townsfolk to assume that the boy is a trifle tetched. Pete finally finds happiness with his new family, lighthouse-keeper Lampie (Mickey Rooney) and his daughter Nora (Helen Reddy, who sings and sings). British comic actor Jim Dale co-stars as the wacky dentist Dr. Terminus.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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