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The Incredible Journey

The Incredible Journey

  • Status: Released
  • 20-11-1963
  • Runtime: 80 min
  • Score: 6.643
  • Vote count: 112

The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?

Émile Genest

John Longridge

John Drainie

Professor Jim Hunter

Sandra Scott

Mrs. Hunter

Jan Rubeš

Carl Nurmi

Tommy Tweed

The Hermit

Syme Jago

Helvi Numi

Marion Finlayson

Elizabeth Hunter

Ronald Cohoon

Peter Hunter

Robert Christie

James MacKenzie

Beth Lockerbie

Nell MacKenzie

Iréna Mayeska

Mrs. Nurmi

Beth Amos

Mrs. Oakes

Eric Clavering

Bert Oakes

Rex Allen

Narrator (voice)

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Nothing to shout from the rooftops about, but I did just about enjoy <em>'The Incredible Journey'</em>. It's still nothing enthralling or exciting, though does at least complete Disney's live-action offerings from 1963 on a more positive note than the preceding four films. This does unfortunately have yet more questionable care of animals, but it's definitely less prevalent than in their previous animal-themed productions. As with <em>'Nikki, Wild Dog of the North'</em> and <em>'The Legend of Lobo'</em>, this is practically a documentary with added story. I didn't like those aforementioned films as I felt they were too boring and a tad all over the place, but this 1963 release finds a better balance between storytelling and nature. There are more prominent roles for humans in this, with Émile Genest again portraying a role as he did in Nikki. Rex Allen narrated Lobo and does so again here. Zero special from the humans, Allen is good though. This could easily get a rating a notch lower, though there's marginally enough there to deem it satisfactory in my books - probably thanks to the cute lead animals.