
A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible classes? Cordelia decides to run off to boarding school and promptly finds the man of her dreams. ... (Full plot summary below)
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A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible classes? Cordelia decides to run off to boarding school and promptly finds the man of her dreams. Unfortunately, his family doesn't approve of Biddle's outrageous antics, either. A Disney musical punctuated by snappy songs and an energetic debut by Tommy Steele. This is reportedly one of the last live- action films Walt Disney personally oversaw.
Leave your thoughts about The Happiest Millionaire.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt tries so desperately hard to please us that, in the end, we almost want to grab Steele and John Davidson, bang their heads together, and snarl: Will you please stop smiling and get on with the movie! |
| Common Sense MediaBrian CostelloSome drinking in long, corny Disney musical. |
| User ReviewKasey KIf you like musicals you must see this one!! Great movie for the whole family to sing along with!! |
| User ReviewGraeme Ethe best film ever and this film also stars my most fav actor ever |
| User ReviewBrett PThis is the BEST musical I have ever seen!!! This is the kind of movie you hope never ends. |
| User ReviewTina HThis was one of my Favorites Growing Up!! :) |
| User ReviewLisa PAbsolutely ADORE it!! i got it for my 16h b-day! and i went ballistic |
| User ReviewHannah DThe music is timeless. Characters lovable and quirky. It'll leave you wanting to sing along and be apart of this crazy family. |
| User ReviewSteve Cthis was on tv good friday, and i had to watch it i haven't seen it since i was a kid and had it taped on vhs, needless to say, i still enjoyed it! worth 144 minutes of anyones time! |
| User ReviewPrivate UThis is the only movie I have ever seen that I can watch over and over again and not get sick of it. I'm not completely sure why except Cordy reminds me so much of me!! :D Definately a neccesary addition!!! |