The Stingiest Man in Town
Animation
TV Movie
Fantasy
Family
Meet Scrooge...
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.
1978-12-23
en
Cast
Director
Jules Bass
Director
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Walter Matthau as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Tom Bosley as B.A.H. Humbug (voice)
Theodore Bikel as Marley's Ghost (voice)
Robert Morse as Young Scrooge (voice)
Dennis Day as Nephew Fred (voice)
Paul Frees as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Sonny Melendrez as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Debra Clinger as Martha Cratchit (voice)
Bobby Rolofson as Tiny Tim (voice)
Darlene Conley as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Charles Matthau as The Boy (voice)