Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 American animated romance film produced by Walt Disney and released to theaters on June 22, 1955, by Buena Vista Film Distribution, making it the first Disney animated film to not be distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The 15th animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon, it was the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope Widescreen film process. The story, which was based the book Happy Dan the Whistling Dog by Ward Greene, centers on a female American Cocker Spaniel named Lady who lives with a refined, upper-middle-class family, and a male stray mutt named Tramp. A direct-to-video sequel, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, was released in 2001. While not a runaway hit at first, it is considered one of Disney's greatest classics, as of today.
In 2019, Disney released a live-action adaptation of the film, with the same name.
Synopsis[]
The opening credits are set to “Bella Notte” sung by a chorus. There are sketched drawings of the different characters and scenes from the film. After the credits is a quote: “In the entire history of the world, there is but one fact that money can not buy...to outwit the wag of a dog’s tail” by Josh Billings. This quote is followed by a dedication “then it is to all dogs – be they ladies or tramps that this picture is respectfully dedicated.”
The first scene is of a snow-covered village and the chorus is singing “Peace on Earth.” The shot pans through the village past horse-drawn sleighs and Christmas carolers and eventually settles on a home. Through the large front window is a beautiful Christmas tree.
Inside the house, there is a hat box under the tree with a big bow on top. Jim Dear hands the present to Darling, who thinks that it is the hat she was admiring, the one trimmed with ribbons. Jim Dear warns her that the gift is trimmed with ribbon and Darling opens the box to find a cocker spaniel puppy. Darling calls her a perfectly beautiful little lady.
Jim Dear makes Lady a little bed in a basket downstairs. Darling is concerned that the puppy will not be warm enough, but Jim Dear says that Lady will be fine and he lays down some newspaper past the bed. Jim Dear and Darling head out of the room as Lady bounds out of her bed to follow. Jim Dear immediately brings her back in and puts her back in the basket. After he leaves, Lady again jumps out of her bed and figures out how to push open the door. She whines at the bottom of the stairs at her humans as they are heading up. Jim Dear says that they must be firm from the very beginning and he once again puts Lady back in her bed. This time, he puts a chair in front of the door where Lady cannot push it open after she bounds out of bed again. Then Lady whines and whines and Jim Dear yells for her to be silent, but this only makes Lady whine even louder. Jim Dear comes downstairs to yell at her again and this time Lady listens and jumps into her bed.
At 2 o’clock in the morning, Lady has slowly been able to push open the door and slid out. She crawls and stumbles up the stairs, but once she reaches the top, she goes into Jim Dear and Darling’s bedroom and whines right behind them. Jim Dear eventually gives in and lifts her onto the bed and says that she can sleep there, but for only that one night.
The scene changes where that the next morning has fast forwarded in time and Lady is grown. The clock chimes 6 o’clock am and Lady tries to awaken her humans. Jim Dear starts to get up, but then realizes that it is Sunday and falls right back into bed. Lady races down the stairs, out her doggie door and into the backyard. She chases birds out of the yard and buries a bone, incidentally planting a tulip in the process. She carefully puts it back, though upside down and trots off. Lady spies a rat and chases it out of the yard and then hears a bicycle bell. It is the newspaper boy and she runs to the front yard to catch the paper. Lady brings it into the house through her doggie door, but incidentally shreds some of the paper to pieces in the process.
Jim Dear and Darling are having breakfast and Jim Dear is reading the newspaper, which has a huge hole in the front page. He comments that since having Lady, they have seen less and less of those disturbing headlines. Darling comments that she doesn’t know how they get along without her. They both feed her a little bit of their breakfast and Jim Dear remembers that since Lady is six months old, she will need a license.
In the next scene, Darling opens up a present for Lady and it is a collar and license. Darling shows Lady her reflection in a mirror and comments on how nice it looks and that Jock and Trusty will be surprised. Lady races away to find her friends.
Jock the Scottish terrier is leaving his home with a bone in his mouth and he is singing a song to himself. His song is to the tune of “The Bonnie Banks o’Loch Lomond”, but his own lyrics are directions to his hidden buried bone stash. Jock makes sure no one is following him and then he buries his new bone in the pile. He hears Lady calling Jock's name and swiftly sits on his bone pile to hide them. Lady comes up and asks Jock if he notices anything different. While they are speaking, Jock tries to subtly finish burying his bone. Lady is very proud of her new collar and the two of them head over to Trusty’s to show him.
Trusty is snoozing and dreaming on his front porch as Jock and Lady arrive. Jock says that Trusty is dreaming of the days since Trusty and his Granddaddy use to track criminals through the swamps. A caterpillar drops down on the ground in front of Trusty and the hound starts to sniff it out. He starts to follow the caterpillar around the porch, while yet sleeping. But Jock warns Lady that Trusty has actually lost his sense of smell and, as if to prove the fact, Trusty goes right past the caterpillar. He wakes up and starts to describe the criminal he thought he was chasing as 6’2’’ or 6’3’’. The caterpillar hears this and is very flattered that it was described as so tall. Then Trusty notices Lady’s new collar and license. Jock and Trusty speak about what an honor it is to belong to a human. Then Lady hears Jim Dear whistling for her and she races away to find him.
Lady catches up with Jim Dear on the sidewalk in front of their home. They race to the front door and once on the porch, Jim Dear balances a treat on Lady’s nose. He notices her new collar and license. He opens the door and says “Ladies first” and Lady is very pleased by being treated like a grownup.
Jim Dear, Darling and Lady sit past the fire in the evening. Lady’s humans are sitting in rocking chairs and are speaking about how complete their lives are with Lady around and how nothing will take her place in their hearts.
The next scene is in a train yard and Tramp is sleeping in a barrel. He awakens to the train whistle and drinks out of a puddle. He is very pleased with his life and goes off to dig up some breakfast. Tramp stops to look at cute puppies in the window of a pet store on the road. He thinks about eating at Bernie’s Grill or at Francois Pastries, but then decides on Tony’s because he hasn’t been there in a week. Tramp scratches at the back door as Joe is singing “Bella Notte” to himself. Joe comes out and calls Tramp “Butch” and says that the boss has been saving nice bones for him. Joe throws out a bone for Tramp, who goes away to munch on it.
While Tramp is eating breakfast, he hears a wagon pull up and someone whistling. It is the dogcatcher and he is putting up notices that any dog without a license will be impounded by order of the city council. Tramp recognizes the dogs that have been captured in the dogcatcher’s wagon, Peg and Bulldog, and frees them. As the dogs are escaping, Tramp attacks the dogcatcher’s leg to give the other dogs a chance to run. He leads the dogcatcher on a merry chase and ends up in Lady’s part of town, which he calls “Snob Hill.” He notices that there is a lid on every trashcan and a fence around every tree. Tramp wonders “what does the leash and collar do for emotion?”
Trusty and Jock go to visit Lady. She is gloomily lying down in the backyard and they ask he what is wrong. Lady thinks that there is something horribly wrong with Jim Dear and Darling. She first noticed it the other day since Jim Dear came home. The scene changes to show the incident. Lady is waiting for him on the window seat and runs out to meet Jim Dear on the sidewalk until he comes home like she always does. Jim Dear seems annoyed with her and heads straight into the house. He even closed the front door before Lady could get inside and starts to frantically ask Darling if she is alright. Lady races around to the back to get through her doggie door and she overhears Jim Dear call her “that dog!” Jock and Trusty don’t like that she was called “that dog”, but they warn Lady not to worry since Jim Dear and Darling are only humans. Then Lady warns them about yesterday. The scene again changes. Lady and Darling always enjoy their afternoon walks together, but as Lady brings her the leash, Darling just says “not today” and puts the leash aside. She continues knitting and humming “La La Lu.” Then Lady brings a ball to play with and Darling puts that aside as well. The yarn ball from her lap falls onto the ground and Lady chases it, catches it and runs off. Darling is too upset that she yells and smacks Lady. Lady is very serious and tells Jock and Trusty that she has never been struck before. Jock and Trusty know what is going on; that Jim Dear and Darling are going to have a baby. They try to explain what a baby is to Lady and Tramp overhears and walks into the backyard. He describes babies as homewreckers and paints them in a negative light. He says that until Junior gets there, every time a dog wants to scratch or bark, the dog will be warned to stop because of the baby. No more juicy cuts of meat, but leftover baby food and no more warm bed past the fire, but a leaky doghouse. Jock warns Lady that no human is that cruel and Trusty says that everyone knows that a dog’s best friend is his human. Tramp cannot believe that they have fallen for that. Jock growls at him to leave and as Tramp is leaving, he calls Lady by the nickname Pigeon and warns her to remember that if a baby moves in, a dog moves out. Poor Lady is very distraught.
In the next scene, Jim Dear is flipping through a calendar and stops at the month of April. He circles the whole month because he is not exactly sure until the baby will be born. The calendar flips back to November and then changes to December. Lady finds Jim Dear putting up decorations in the baby’s room, which are all sports related and Darling is making a list of potential names, which are all girl names.
The scene changes to January and the clock strikes 3 o’clock in the morning. Jim Dear is putting on his coat over top of his pajamas and opens up the front door to a snowstorm. He closes it and asks Darling if she is sure she wants watermelon. Darling says yes and she would also like some chop suey. Jim Dear opens the door again and snow flies into the house and into Lady’s face, who is now sleeping downstairs.
In February, there is a baby shower for Jim Dear and Darling. All of the ladies are emotionally speaking about the baby and about how radiant Darling looks. Lady leaves the ladies and goes into the other room where all the men are teasing Jim Dear about how horrible he looks.
April arrives and on a stormy night, Jim Dear is calling Aunt Sarah to warn her that the baby has been born and it is a boy.
The next scene is of a beautiful spring day and the baby is crying upstairs. Lady is in the kitchen and she is thinking about what a baby is. She starts to sing “What is a Baby?” in her head. She curiously heads up the stairs as Jim Dear is happily heading down with the baby dishes. Lady goes into the nursery where Darling is rocking the baby and singing “La La Lu.” She puts the baby down into his cradle and allows Lady to look in to see. Jim Dear appears and lifts her up for a better look and Lady eventually feels like she is part of the family again.
In the next scene, Jim Dear and Darling are packing to go on a trip. Darling is having a hard time leaving the baby and Lady thinks that they are leaving the baby all by himself; she is very upset with them. But Jim Dear and Darling explain that Aunt Sarah is coming and Lady will be there to help out. Suddenly, Aunt Sarah barges in and shoos Jim Dear and Darling out of the house. She emotionally goes upstairs to see the sleeping baby. Lady comes into the nursery and Aunt Sarah yells at Lady to leave the room. She closes the door on the dog and all this commotion she has caused has woken the baby. Aunt Sarah tries to sing “Rock-a-Bye Baby” to silence the baby, but she has a horrible voice and Lady is not impressed. She heads downstairs.
Lady walks past a picnic basket just as the Siamese cats, Si and Am, poke their heads out. They start to sing “The Siamese Cat Song” and look around the home. The pair cause damage by spill a vase of flowers all over the piano and plotting to catch the fish out of the fish bowl. Si and Am start to pull one end of the table runner that the fish bowl is on and Lady pulls on the other side. The cats lets go and the bowl smashes onto Lady and the fish bounces around with all the animals trying to catch it. Then Si and Am hear the baby crying where they head upstairs to get the baby’s milk. Lady stops them by barking and chasing them back down the stairs. The cats pull down a curtain, which Lady gets tangled up in. Aunt Sarah comes downstairs to see what the noise is and the cats act like they have been badly hurt and it is all Lady’s fault. Aunt Sarah carries her poor babies upstairs and the cats shake tails behind her back because they had what they wanted.
Aunt Sarah brings Lady to a pet store to get a muzzle put on her. While the pet store employee is trying to get the muzzle on Lady, she exists and escapes out of Aunt Sarah’s hands. Lady ends up running off out of the pet store and onto the street. She is very frightened and big, mean-looking dogs start to chase her. Tramp sees this and goes to help Lady. Lady gets cornered, but Tramp appears just in time and fights off the other dogs. He wins the fight against the three bigger dogs and then asks Lady what she is doing on this side of the tracks. But before she can respond, he notices the muzzle and says he knows just the place to get it off.
Tramp brings Lady to the city zoo. At the entrance, Lady starts to head right in but Tramp stops her and warns her to follow him because there is a policeman guarding the entrance. They sneak around and hide in a nearby bush. Lady notices a sign that reads “No Dogs Allowed” and warns Tramp that they cannot go in. But Tramp warns her that is the angle. He waits until a random man is walking side-by-side and then pretends that the man is his owner by acting very affectionate. The policeman starts to yell at the man that no dogs are allowed and the random man tries to explain that he doesn’t own a dog, but Tramp just continues to act like this man is his owner. The man and the police get into a fight and Tramp uses it as a distraction to waltz right into the zoo with Lady.
Tramp says that they should go through the place from A to Z to find someone to get the muzzle off. First, they go to the ape house, but Tramp says that it is no use asking them since apes are too closely related to humans. Next, they go to the alligators and Al the alligator is happy to snap the contraption off. But Tramp pulls Lady’s head out just in time from being snapped away as well. The nearby hyenas start laughing at them. Then they hear a “TIMBER” and find a beaver. Tramp tries to ask the Beaver for help, but the Beaver is too busy making his dam to stop. Tramp gets an idea to try and sell away the muzzle as a log puller. He says that the log puller modeled by Lady would cut the Beaver’s log pulling time by 66%. The Beaver is very emotional by this and tries to get the log puller off of Lady. Tramp warns him that he simply needs to bite down on the top strap to get it off. After the Beaver gets the muzzle off, he puts it on and slips the end loop on a knob on the log. Tramp and Lady try to leave, but the Beaver says that he wants to test it before they settle on a price. Tramp and Lady warn him that it is a free sample and he can keep it. The log suddenly slips and starts to roll down the hill, dragging the Beaver behind and lands perfectly on the dam. The Beaver thinks that the log puller works swell.
The next scene is that evening and Lady is warning her story about Aunt Sarah. Tramp says that he doesn’t have only one family, but a different family for every day of the week. And none of them have him. He tries to explain to Lady by pointing out the different family homes. He is Little Fritzy for the Schulz’s on Mondays for if they have Wiener schnitzel. He is Little Mike for the O’Briens every other Tuesday. Since Tramp is collar free, he takes nothing but the best. Then they come to Tony’s and Tramp shows Lady his own entrance in the back.
Tramp scratches at the back door of the kitchen. Tony appears and is happy to see “Butch.” He warns Joe to get some bones for the dog. Then Tramp shows up Lady to Tony and Joe and Tony warns Tramp to settle down with this one. Tony brings out a fancy table for the dogs and Joe brings out bones. Tony is upset about the bones and wants only the best in the house for the two dogs. He gives them a menu and Tramp barks what he wants. Tony warns Joe that they want two spaghetti specials, heavy on the meatballs. Joe points out that dogs don’t speak, but Tony insists that Tramp speak to him. Tony brings out the spaghetti to the dogs and then he he starts to play his accordion while Joe plays the mandolin. They play “Bella Notte” and this scene includes Disney’s most iconic kiss.
The scene pans off Tony’s and Tramp and Lady are in a park. A chorus continues to sing “Bella Notte” as many different animals are seen in pairs. There are also couples on benches watching the moon rise.
The next morning, the sun rises over the park. Lady is surprised that it is morning and thinks that she shall have been home hours ago. Tramp doesn’t understand why she will want to go back and tries to convince Lady that life on a leash isn’t grand. He shows her that there is a grand big hunk of world out there with no fences around it. Lady thinks that it does sound wonderful, but she also wants to watch over the baby. Tramp agrees to bring her back home.
On the road, they come across a chicken coop and Tramp thinks that it will be fun to chase the chickens. He convinces Lady to chase them as well, even though she doesn’t want to, and he warns her to build some memories. Tramp frightens the chickens awake out of their hen house and chases them around the yard. Someone starts shooting at them and the two dogs race away. Tramp thinks that it is all fun, but Lady does not. Lady gets caught by the dogcatcher and Tramp doesn’t notice. As he realizes that she is not there, he anxiously looks around for her, but does not see that she has been brought to the pound.
At the dog pound, the locked up dogs are woefully howling, whining and weeping in their own rhythm. Dachsie is digging a hole for them to escape through and says that he just needs one more chorus to cover up the digging sounds. But then, the door opens and he swiftly fills the hole back up. The dog catcher brings Lady in and locks her up while he checks out her license. The other dogs call her Miss Park Avenue and tease her about her fancy life. Peg warns them to stop teasing because Lady is so afraid. Peg explains that her license is her passport to freedom. Then the door opens again and Nutsy is brought through and into the “old-fashioned” door. Dachsie immediately starts digging again. The others start speaking about how Tramp never gets caught and how he can get out of any situation. Boris says that Tramp does have an Achilles heel though, the ladies. They start to speak about all of Tramp’s girls and Peg sings “He’s a Tramp.” After the song, the dogs tease Lady that a dog like her can get Tramp to settle down, but they have no idea how upset she is with Tramp for getting her into the mess. The dogcatcher comes to get Lady to take her home. He comments that she is too nice to be in a place like that.
Back at home, Lady is all tied up in the doghouse in the backyard. Jock and Trusty are at the front gate and are trying to work up the courage to speak to her. They are both going to offer her a marriage proposal to help her get out of her mournful situation. They agree that no matter who she accepts, they will yet be the best of friends. As they reach the doghouse, Lady warns them that she really doesn’t want to see anyone. Jock and Trusty explain that they both have comfortable homes where Lady will be welcome. The friends are interrupted until Tramp appears with a bone for Lady. Jock, Trusty and Lady all turn their backs on Tramp and ignore him. Jock and Trusty threaten to throw the rascal out, but Lady says that it won’t be necessary. Jock and Trusty leave and Tramp tries to explain his side and apologize. Lady warns him that she is so embarrassed and frightened. Then she lists all of the names of the girls she heard about and storms inside her doghouse and weeps. Tramp leaves.
A rat sneaks into the backyard and Lady tries to chase it out, but cannot because of her leash. The rat sneaks up into the nursery. Aunt Sarah just yells at Lady to be silent and does not notice the rat. Tramp hears Lady barking and comes back to see what is wrong. She warns him that there is a rat in the baby’s room and that he can get in through the door on the porch.
Tramp goes inside and upstairs to the nursery. He sees the rat and attacks it. The two fight back and forth and at last Tramp murders the rat. Lady breaks free and comes up to help. The baby crib is knocked down in the fight and Lady checks to make sure he is safe. Aunt Sarah walks in and thinks that the dogs tried to attack the baby. She locks Tramp up in the closet and Lady up in the basement. She calls the dog pound and exists that they pick Tramp up immediately.
Jim Dear and Darling come home and see the dogcatcher just leaving with Tramp. They ask what happened and the dogcatcher says that the dog was attacking the baby. They race inside and Jock and Trusty overhear. Jim Dear lets Lady out of the basement as she barks and races upstairs to show them the rat. Aunt Sarah freaks out that Lady shall not be anywhere near the baby, but Jim Dear knows that she is trying to warn him something is wrong and sure enough, he finds the rat. Then Jock and Trusty overhear that as well and realize that they misjudged Tramp. They decide to try and stop the wagon and Trusty believes that he can track it down and then they will hold them at bay.
The pair race away and Trusty tries to find the scent in the puddles. Jock says that Trusty has lost his sense of smell, but Trusty is determined to find the scent and he does so. Away they race into the night to find the wagon. Trusty is able to find the scent at every crossroad and they continue on the trail. They catch up to the wagon and attack it. Jock and Trusty frighten the horses and the wagon gets knocked over. Jim Dear and Lady catch up in their car, but poor Trusty gets hit by a wheel and appears dead. Jock weeps and howls.
The next scene is Christmas time. Tramp is now part of the family with his own collar and license. Jim Dear is trying to get a family picture of the baby with Lady, Tramp and their puppies. But the baby is bothering Tramp and Lady is having a hard time getting her puppies into a basket. Lady and Tramp have three girls and one boy. Now her boy is bothering the baby, but Jim Dear takes a picture anyhow. The camera lets out too much smoke and then Jim Dear opens up a window. He notices that they have visitors coming. Jock is wearing his Christmas sweater and Trusty appears with his leg, all wrapped up in a bandage. The boy puppy bothers Jock while Trusty warns stories about his grandad. Jim Dear goes to get some dog biscuits that Aunt Sarah sent. All of the dogs gather around the Christmas tree and the shot pans out of the house and through the snow-covered town.
Cast[]
- Barbara Luddy as Lady, an American Cocker Spaniel, who is the primary character in the film. A Christmas present to Darling from Jim Dear, she quickly becomes the center of their lives, but is then partly displaced by the birth of a human baby who she comes to love devotedly. Her experiences outside the household, and her encounter with Tramp force her to question the nature of her relationship with her humans (who she never sees as her owners), and give her a new understanding of the world around her, full of animals and humans, pleasures and dangers.
- Larry Roberts as Tramp, a mixed breed dog of apparent Terrier ancestry, with a knack for dodging dog-catchers. He calls Lady "Pidge", short for Pigeon, which he calls her owing to her naivety. He never refers to himself by name, although most of the film's canine cast refer to him as the Tramp. It is not until the sequel in which any humans call him Tramp, and it is never explained why they "name" him with the very name he was known by on the streets. Tramp had other names in the film, and when asked by Lady about having a family, Tramp states that he has, "One for every day of the week. Point is, none of them have me." Each family mentioned called him a different name (such as Mike or Fritzi). The families also had different nationalities (such as Irish or German). As he did not belong to a single-family, Tramp implied that it was easier than the baby problems Lady was going through at the time.
- Bill Thompson as Jock, a Scottish Terrierwho is one of Lady's neighbors. Thompson also voiced Joe, Tony's assistant chef; Bull, a stray male bulldog from the dog pound who speaks with a slight Cockney accent; Dachsie, a stray male dachshund at the dog pound who speaks with a German accent; an Irish-accented policeman; and Jim's friend.
- Bill Baucom as Trusty, a bloodhound who used to track criminals with his Grandpappy, Old Reliable, until he lost his sense of smell.
- Verna Felton as Aunt Sarah, Jim Dear's aunt (revealed to be the sister of Jim Dear's mother in Ward Greene's novelization of the film) who comes to take care of the baby when Jim Dear and Darling leave for a few days. She is a well-meaning busybody of a maiden aunt who adores her Siamese cats but does not believe that dogs should be around babies. She blames both Lady and Tramp for the baby's crib being knocked over, not knowing that they were actually protecting the baby from a vicious rat. However, she sends a box of dog biscuits for Christmas in the final scene of the film in a presumed attempt to make amends for her mistreatment of the two dogs.
- George Givot as Tony, the owner and chef of Tony's Italian restaurant. He and Joe both have great affection for Tramp.
- Lee Millar as Jim Dear, the fatherly human figure and Darling's husband. Millar also voiced the Dogcatcher.
- Peggy Lee as Darling, the motherly human figure and Jim Dear's wife. Lee also voiced Si and Am, Aunt's Sarah's twin Siamese cats with a knack for mischief and never-ending trouble; and Peg, a stray female Pekingese whom Lady meets at the pound (along with the other dog inmates she was put in a cage with). The names of Si and Am are a pun on the country of Siam. It is implied that Peg had a relationship with Tramp in the past, through the lyrics of the song she sings (He's a Tramp). Peg was formerly from the "Dog and Pony Follies" (dog and pony show); either the show ended or she was left behind. Peg has a Brooklyn Accent.
- Stan Freberg as the beaver, a clever, hard-working beaver at the zoo who speaks with a lisp. He gnaws off the muzzle that Aunt Sarah had placed upon Lady after Tramp realizes that the muzzle is just what the beaver needs for pulling logs. This character would later serve as the inspiration for Gopher from Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), down to the speech pattern (a whistling sound when he makes the "S" sound). Stan Freberg, who voiced the beaver in the film, had an extensive background in commercial and comedy recording voice-overs and soundtracks. On the 2-Disc Platinum Edition DVD, he demonstrates how it was done and that a whistle was eventually used because it was hard to continue repeating the effect.
- Alan Reed as Boris, a stray male Borzoi from the dog pound. He speaks with a Russian accent.
- Thurl Ravenscroft as Al the alligator, an alligator that Tramp asks to remove the muzzle from Lady. However, he instead almost bites Lady's head off.
- Dallas McKennon as Toughy, a stray male mutt from the dog pound. He speaks with a slight Brooklyn accent, like Peg. McKennon also voiced Pedro, a stray male Chihuahua from the dog pound who speaks with a Mexican accent; a professor, and a laughing hyena.
- The Mellomen (Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Lee, Max Smith, Bob Hamlin and Bob Stevens) as Dog Chorus
Release timeline[]
| Format | Country of origin | Date | Notes |
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| Original theatrical | USA | June 22, 1955[1] | Released almost a month prior to the opening of Disneyland Park. |
| Re-release | USA | September 26, 1962 | Final release before Walt Disney's passing and to use the classic CinemaScope logo. |
| Re-release #2 | USA | December 17, 1971 | Final release to describe the film as the "happiest". |
| Re-release #3 | USA | March 7, 1980 | |
| Re-release #4 | USA | December 19, 1986 | First release with the iconic Walt Disney logo script and the final release to not have art centered around the iconic "spaghetti kiss" scene. |
| VHS | USA | October 6, 1987 | |
| Re-release | UK | 1997 | |
| VHS re-release | USA | September 15, 1998 | |
| DVD | USA | November 23, 1999 | |
| DVD re-release | USA | February 28, 2006 | |
| Blu-ray | USA | February 7, 2012 | |
| Blu-ray re-release | USA | February 28, 2018 | |
| Disney+ | USA | November 12, 2019 |
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| Chinese (中文/繁體) | Y | Y |
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| Dansk | Y | Y |
| Deutsch | Y | Y |
| English | Y | Y |
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| Français (Canada) | N | Y |
| Italiano | Y | Y |
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| Polski | Y | Y |
| Português | Y | Y |
| Português (Brasil) | Y | Y |
| Română | Y | Y |
| Slovenčina | N | Y |
| Suomi | Y | Y |
| Svenska | Y | Y |
| Türkçe | Y | Y |
| Íslenska | Y | Y |
| Čeština | Y | Y |
| Ελληνικά | Y | Y |
| Japanese | Y | Y |
| Korean | Y | Y |
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