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About 1951 American animated musical fantasy film
Genres fantasy, adventure, musical, children's, coming-of-age
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske
Written by Aldous Huxley, Bill Peet, Joe Grant, Winston Hibler
Music Oliver Wallace, Sammy Fain
Runtime 75 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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