Movie: The Pelican and the Snipe

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Sterling Holloway
Sterling Holloway

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    A snipe that lives with a pelican in a lighthouse must continually keep his pelican friend from harm when he flies in his sleep.

  • Release Date

    1944-01-07

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    5.9

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