Gulliver's Travels
1939 · Movie · G · 76 min · ★ 6.2 · 64% critics
A giant washes ashore in a tiny kingdom and tries to keep peace as its feud with a rival mini-land escalates. A romance grows alongside the growing tensions, but trouble arrives when a trio of enemy spies steals the giant’s pistol, creating a life-threatening problem.
Based on Gulliver's Travels
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Details
- Years
- 1939
- Release date
- 1939-11-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (144 votes)
- Budget
- $700,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this charming early animated adventure with light romance and comic tension; Not for you if you want a faithful Jonathan Swift adaptation or faster, more developed storytelling like Peter Pan.
Pros: charming adventure; catchy songs; inventive comedy | Cons: loose adaptation; padded pacing; some annoying characters
Themes
- princess
- based on novel or book
- prince
- musical
- feud
- sword fight
- miniature people
- giant
- children's story
- gulliver
- love story
- lilliput
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1940 · nominated
Cast & crew
Lanny Ross
as Prince David (singing voice)
- SP
Sam Parker
as Gulliver (voice)
Pinto Colvig
as Gabby (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer
as King Little (voice) (uncredited)
- CH
Cal Howard
as Prince David (voice)
Tedd Pierce
as King Bombo (voice)
- LW
Livonia Warren
as Princess Glory (voice)
- JD
Jessica Dragonette
as Princess Glory (singing voice)
- MS
Max Smith
as Singer (voice) (uncredited)
- GW
Gus Wicke
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Directed by Dave Fleischer