The Reluctant Dragon

A humorist attempts to pitch his idea for a short story about a gentle dragon to Walt Disney, and learns about the animation process along the way. The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American English-language Animation Comedy film featuring Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper, Nana Bryant, Claud Allister, Barnett Parker and Jack Young. Walt Disney Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Walt Disney. The Reluctant Dragon is written by Live-action:, Ted Sears, Al Perkins, Larry Clemmons, Bill Cottrell, Harry Clork, Robert Benchley, The Reluctant Dragon Segment:, Kenneth Grahame, Erdman Penner, T. Hee, Baby Weems Segment:, Joe Grant, Dick Huemer and John Miller and it is directed by Alfred Werker, Hamilton Luske and Jack Cutting. RKO Radio Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Reluctant Dragon was released on 20th June 1941 and takes a screen time of 74 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Reluctant Dragon was made on a budget of $0 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $25 million. Cinematography was done by Bert Glennon and editing by Paul Weatherwax. The music was composed by Frank Churchill along with Larry Morey.