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The doctor's kindness leads to trouble when he disguises Sophie in women's clothing and tosses her into the ocean to free her. Witnesses believe he has murdered a woman, and his claims that he was "talking to a seal" land him in a mental institution. His loyal animal and human friends stage a daring rescue, and together with Emma Fairfax, they set sail on a haphazard boat. Sea Star Island

: 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)

To fund a voyage to find the legendary , Dolittle’s friends—the cat's-meat man Matthew Mugg and young Tommy Stubbins—help him showcase a rare Pushmi-Pullyu (a two-headed llama-like creature) at Albert Blossom’s circus. While there, Dolittle befriends Sophie the Seal, who is homesick for her husband at the North Pole. Arrest and Escape The doctor's kindness leads to trouble when he

: Eventually, a message arrives from England: the animals have gone on "strike" to protest his sentence, forcing the authorities to pardon him. In a grand finale, the Doctor constructs a saddle for a Giant Luna Moth and flies back to Puddleby in triumph. Behind the Scenes Facts Sea Star Island : Because he is still

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.