One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)

Interesting facts

• Based on: The Great Dinosaur Robbery
• Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing is a 1975 comedy film set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a dinosaur skeleton from the Natural History Museum. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The title is a parody of the film title One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, in which both Peter Ustinov and Hugh Burden also appeared. The film was based on the 1970 novel The Great Dinosaur Robbery by David Forrest. It was the last work of producer and screenwriter Bill Walsh before his death on January 27, 1975, almost six months before the film's release.

Production

The film was shot on location in England at Elstree Studios and Pinewood Studios. Additional filming took place at London Zoo, the Natural History Museum, and around Windsor and Holyport Green, Maidenhead.

Ustinov, Revill, and Bresslaw—all white actors—performed in yellowface makeup to portray Chinese characters in the film.

The special photographic effects for One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing were handled by British special effects artist John Stears. The steam lorry used in the film was a mockup, with the mocked up boiler smaller than that on a real steam lorry. The Diplodocus skeleton model featured in the film was later used in Star Wars (1977), in the opening scenes in the Tunisian desert.

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing has been released on VHS and DVD. The DVD last physical format release was in the UK on April 12, 2004

The film is absent from streaming on Disney+.

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