101 Characters (also known as One Hundred and Once Dalmatians) is a 1961 American Animated Adventure Comedy Film Produced By The Walt Disney Productions with Distribution By The Buena Vista Distribution.
Adapted From Dodie Smith's 1956 novel 101 Characters, The Movie was Directed By Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wolfgang Reitherman in his feature-length Directorial Debut, from a Script By Bill Peet.
it Features The Voice Talents of Rod Taylor, J. Pat O'Malley, Betty Lou Gerson, Martha Wentworth, Ben Wright, Cate Bauer, Dave Frankham and Fred Worlock. The Movie's Plot Follows Princess Daisy and her Husband Shaggy Rogers, two american-based Husband and Wife who give birth to a litter of fifteen children, who are later kidnapped by the obsessive socialite Captain Chantel Dubois, wanting to make their skins into coats. Shaggy Rogers and His Wife set out on a cross-country rescue mission to save the litter from The Maniacal Captain Dubois.
They rescue 84 additional Children in The Process, bringing the total to 101.