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This film and Going Down (1983) were the debut cinema movies of Australian actress Claudia Karvan which both launched in 1983.

The movie's budget was originally $500,000 (Australian) but this blew-out to Aust $1 million as the production became more ambitious.

Before the picture was made Molly the Singing Dog had appeared regularly on the Australian daytime talk-show The Mike Walsh Show (1969).

Actress Claudia Karvan received an 'introducing' credit.

The film's title refers to the name of a singing dog called "Molly".

The final [to date, July 2014] and only ever dramatic cinema movie of director Ned Lander.

Actors Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald the following 1984 year after this cinema movie debuted started to appear regularly together on the Australian television sitcom series Mother and Son (1984) which ran from 1984 to 1994.

The movie was a rare appearance portraying a villain for Australian actor-comedian Garry McDonald.

First major lead role of Australian actress Claudia Karvan.

Actor Garry McDonald appears in drag in this movie when he dresses up as a nun.

The name of the dog that could sing was "Molly" which in real life was the canine's actual real name.

Promotional logos for the film formed the letter "O" out of the film's Molly (1983) title with a symbol of a dog's paw.

Producer Hilary Linstead originally suggested Gillian Armstrong to direct the picture.

Debut produced dramatic screenplay of writers Ned Lander, Mark Thomas, Phillip Roope and Hilary Linstead.

Ned Lander was hired to direct because co-writer Mark Thomas had liked his earlier film Wrong Side of the Road (1981).

Mark Thomas was allegedly replaced as first assistant director by executive producer Richard Brennan.

The name of the big-top circus was the "Jones Bros. Show".

Reportedly, there were various on-set creative differences between director Ned Lander and executive producer Richard Brennan.

This Australian film about an Aussie singing dog called Molly (1983) was made and released about five years after Matilda (1978) an American film about an Australian boxing kangaroo. Both animal characters, "Molly" and "Matilda", had names beginning with the letter "M".

The age of the then child actress Claudia Karvan around the time the movie was filmed was eleven years of age.