Summary
Peter-No-Tail is a cat who's born without a proper tail on a farm by the Swedish countryside. Due to economical difficulties, the farmer is forced to get rid of Peter.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 79GoodWatch 74
Audience score88%
IMDb7.0
Running time
1 h 21 min
Shorter than most family movies, −14 min on the typical 95
typical 9581Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1981
December 25, 1981
45 years ago
Genres
FamilyDramaComedyRomanceAnimationLanguage
Swedish
Original language
Made in
- Sweden
14 of 14
- MÅMats ÅhlfeldtPelle Svanslös
Ewa FrölingMaja Gräddnos
Ernst-Hugo JäregårdElake Måns
Carl BillquistBill / Stövlarna
Björn GustafsonBull
Wallis GrahnGammel-Maja
Lena-Pia BernhardssonGullan från Arkadien- CECharlie ElvegårdLaban från Observatorielunden
Åke LagergrenMurre från Skogstibble
Nils EklundRickard från Rickomberga- JSJan SjödinFritz
Eddie AxbergDen Tjocka Råttan
Helena BrodinMamman
Axel DübergPappan
Directing · 2
- Jan Gissberg Director, Storyboard, Production Design
- Stig Lasseby Director, Executive Producer
Writing · 2
- Leif Krantz Screenplay
- Gösta Knutsson Novel
Sound · 1
- Berndt Egerbladh Original Music Composer
Other crew · 1
- Eberhard Fehmers Cinematography
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- Peter-No-Tail (1981)
GoodWatch score 74You're here
- Peter-No-Tail in Americat (1985)
GoodWatch score 58Film 2
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