Disney’s Cinderella (1950) has a runtime of 74 minutes.
That compact length reflects the feature’s brisk fairy-tale structure: Cinderella’s difficult life, the royal ball, the lost slipper, and the final search all unfold in just over an hour. The film is an animated musical fantasy produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
The 74-minute figure is commonly displayed as 1 hour and 14 minutes. It can be confused with runtimes for other Cinderella adaptations, including Disney’s 2015 live-action film, which is substantially longer. Reissues, restorations, home-video editions, and streaming presentations may also list slightly different durations because of credits, logos, or formatting, but the standard runtime for the 1950 feature is 74 minutes.
The film’s short running time did not limit its impact. Its songs, talking mice, Lucifer the cat, and Fairy Godmother became central parts of Disney’s version of the story. The film’s success also helped stabilize Disney’s feature-animation business after the financially difficult 1940s.