The Fox and the Hound is a 1981 American animated
buddy drama film produced by
Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the
novel of the same name by
Daniel P. Mannix. The 24th film in the
Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film tells the story of two unlikely friends, a
red fox named Tod and a
hound dog named Copper, who struggle to preserve their friendship despite their emerging instincts and the surrounding social pressures demanding them to be adversaries. Directed by
Ted Berman,
Richard Rich, and
Art Stevens, the film features the voices of
Kurt Russell,
Mickey Rooney,
Jack Albertson,
Pearl Bailey,
Pat Buttram,
Sandy Duncan,
Richard Bakalyan,
Paul Winchell,
Jeanette Nolan,
John Fiedler,
John McIntire,
Keith Coogan, and
Corey Feldman.