The Stingiest Man in Town

Dec 23, 1978

0h 50m

★ 5.6

Meet Scrooge...

Overview

An animated adaptation of A Christmas Carol from Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass -- the duo behind some of the most enduring Christmas specials ever (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Reinvented as a 49-minute musical, this charming cartoon stars the voice of Walter Matthau as the bedeviled Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the Jiminy Cricket-type narrator, B. Humbug, Esq. It features animation by Japanese studio Topcraft, known for their work on other Rankin/Bass films such as The Hobbit, The Flight of Dragons, and The Last Unicorn.

Genres

Animation

TV Movie

Fantasy

Family

Production Companies

Rankin/Bass Productions

Topcraft

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Cast

Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Walter Matthau

B.A.H. Humbug (voice)

Tom Bosley

Marley's Ghost (voice)

Theodore Bikel

Young Scrooge (voice)

Robert Morse

Nephew Fred (voice)

Dennis Day

Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

Paul Frees

Bob Cratchit (voice)

Sonny Melendrez

Martha Cratchit (voice)

Debra Clinger

Tiny Tim (voice)

Bobby Rolofson

Belinda Cratchit (voice)

Steffi Calli

Peter Cratchit (voice)

Eric Hines

Fred's Wife (voice)

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