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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World<br />
| image_size = <br />
| image = Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World FilmPoster.jpeg<br />
| caption = [[Film poster]]<br />
| director = [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]]<br />
| producer = [[Walter Shenson]]<br />
| writer = {{ubl|[[Charles Isaacs]]|[[Ted Key]] (novel)|[[Michael Pertwee]]}}<br />
| narrator = [[Ted Key]]<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Jim Dale]]|[[Angela Douglas]]|[[Spike Milligan]]}}<br />
| music = [[Edwin Astley]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Harry Waxman]]<br />
| editing = [[Jim Connock]]<br />
| studio = [[Walter Shenson]] Films<br />
| distributor = {{ubl|[[20th Century-Fox]] (UK)|[[Cinerama Releasing Corporation]] (US)}}<br />
| released = 1973<br />
| runtime = 88 min<br />
| country = United Kingdom<br />
| language = English<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World''''' is a 1973 British [[Children's film|children's]] [[Fantasy film|fantasy]]-[[Adventure film|adventure]] [[Comedy film|comedy]] film starring [[Jim Dale]], and directed by [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]].<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a8db1c9|title=Digby the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)}}</ref> A large supporting cast of British movie stalwarts includes [[Spike Milligan]], [[Angela Douglas]], [[Norman Rossington]], [[Milo O'Shea]], [[Dinsdale Landen]] and [[Victor Spinetti]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/digby-the-biggest-dog-in-the-world-v13784/cast-crew|title=Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) - Joseph McGrath - Cast and Crew - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> The production included [[film score|composer]] [[Edwin Astley]] and [[cinematographer]] [[Harry Waxman]].<ref name=bfi/> The film was based on the 1960 novel ''The Biggest Dog in the World'' by [[Ted Key]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1c7eCwAAQBAJ&q=digby+the+biggest+dog+in+the+world+ted+key&pg=PA839|title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film|first=Denis|last=Gifford|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317740636|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
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The film starred Fernville Lord Digby in the title role. Digby was then the reigning [[Dulux]] [[Old English Sheepdog]]; the company using the breed since 1961 in their advertisements that led to the breed's popularity around the world.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8437119/Dulux-dog-returns-to-TV-screens-for-first-time-in-a-decade.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410212418/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8437119/Dulux-dog-returns-to-TV-screens-for-first-time-in-a-decade.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2011 |title=Video: Dulux dog returns to TV screens for first time in a decade |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Accident-prone Jeff works at a [[NATO]] research facility as an [[animal behaviourist]]. He steals a tiny amount of Project X, but an [[Old English Sheepdog]] accidentally drinks it. X is a liquid growth formula (a form of experimental fertilizer) and Digby expands to gigantic proportions.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Jim Dale]] - Jeff Eldon <br />
*[[Angela Douglas]] - Janine <br />
*[[Spike Milligan]] - Dr. Harz <br />
*[[John Bluthal]] - Jerry <br />
*[[Milo O'Shea]] - Dr. Jameson <br />
*[[Norman Rossington]] - Tom <br />
*[[Richard Beaumont (actor)|Richard Beaumont]] - Billy White <br />
*[[Dinsdale Landen]] - Colonel Masters <br />
*[[Garfield Morgan]] - Rogerson <br />
*[[Victor Spinetti]] - Professor Ribart <br />
*[[Harry Towb]] - Ringmaster <br />
*[[Kenneth J. Warren]] - General Frank <br />
*[[Bob Todd]] - The Great Manzini <br />
*[[Molly Urquhart]] - Aunt Ina<br />
*[[Frank Thornton]] - Estate Agent <br />
*[[Victor Maddern]] - Dog Home Manager <br />
*[[Sheila Steafel]] - Control Operator<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0069974|Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World}}<br />
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