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The Fifty-First Dragon

The Fifty-First Dragon

1954Short⏱️ 11mApproved
AnimationShortAdventureFantasy
6.9
IMDB Rating
15 votes

Based on the Heywood Broun story of an awkward Knight who couldn't keep up with his classmates at the Killing Dragons Knight School, until a professor, in order to instill self-confidence in the Knight, convinces him that he can k...

Director
N/A
Writers
Heywood Hale Broun, Barbara Avedon, Tedd Pierce
Stars
John Lund
Release Date
June 15, 1954
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

John Lund
John Lund
as Narrator

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Filming Location
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
United Productions of America (UPA)

🏷️ Keywords

dragonself confidencemagicschoolprofessor

🎯 Categories

AdventureAnimationFantasyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Rumplesnitz
by boblipton2025-10-08
7/10

"Based on a Heywood Hale Broun story, this UPA cartoon tells the tale of an awkward knight at the dragon-slaying school. He is given a magic word and proceeds to slay a bunch of them, until he forget the word. You can interpret this story man ways, about the power of confidence, but in the end, it's not about the story so much, as the look of this cartoon. UPA had been going on for ten years by this point, and its non-realistic style of artwork had begun to penetrate the other cartoon studios -- a combination of novelty, evolution, and lower costs. Studio head Stephen Bosutow was very can..."

📖 Synopsis

Based on the Heywood Broun story of an awkward Knight who couldn't keep up with his classmates at the Killing Dragons Knight School, until a professor, in order to instill self-confidence in the Knight, convinces him that he can k...