The Fox and the Hound (1981)

71% User Rating

1h 22min

"A story of two friends who didn't know they were supposed to be enemies."

When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!

Richard RichDirector

Cast

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Mickey Rooney

Tod (voice)

Kurt Russell

Copper (voice)

Pearl Bailey

Big Mama (voice)

Jack Albertson

Amos Slade (voice)

Sandy Duncan

Vixey (voice)

Jeanette Nolan

Widow Tweed (voice)

Pat Buttram

Chief (voice)

Richard Bakalyan

Dinky (voice)

Paul Winchell

Boomer (voice)

John Fiedler

Porcupine (voice)

John McIntire

Badger (voice)

Keith Coogan

Young Tod (voice)

Corey Feldman

Young Copper (voice)

James MacDonald

Bear (Growling) (voice) (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

Rating 70%

June 7, 2023

Sadly, by 1981, Disney had run out of great stories around which to build their animation features. This is a loose adaptation of Daniel Mannix' tale of a fox cub "Tod" who suffers the tragic loss of his father at the hands of mankind and roams the countryside befriending all the animals - including a puppy "Copper" and an old widow - before becoming, himself, a target for the hunters. Necessity leads him to again team up with his now fully grown hunting-hound pal to stay ahead of the pursuing pack and shotgun!. The animation lacks the vibrancy of the studio's earlier hand-crafted work and the story/personalities are all bit pedestrian for me, I'm afraid. It looks good and Mickey Rooney, Corey Feldman, Kurt Russell and the dulcet tones of Jack Albertson (his final role) all light it up a bit but unfortunately the days of this kind of gentle fantasy adventure have long since seen their heyday.