Pete's Dragon

1977 · 2h08 · Film

Directed by Don Chaffey

Starring Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Jane Kean, Jim Backus, Charles Tyner, Gary Morgan

Ideal when you feel… Romantic Bored Exhausted

Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Malcolm Marmorstein, S.S. Field, Seton I. Miller, Peter Young

Music

Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha

Cinematography

Frank V. Phillips

Cast

Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Jane Kean, Jim Backus, Charles Tyner, Gary Morgan, Cal Bartlett, Charlie Callas

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